Earth Science
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Introduction to Earth Science
- The Nature of Earth Science
- Earth Science and Its Branches
- Earth's Surface
- Location, Longitude, and Latitude
- Modeling Earth's Surface
- Topographic Maps
- Using Satellites and Computers to Study Earth
- Matter
- Minerals and Mineral Groups
- Mineral Identification
- Mineral Formation
- Mining and Mineral Use
- Types of Rocks
- Igneous Rocks
- Sedimentary Rocks
- Metamorphic Rocks
- Energy Resources
- Non-renewable Energy Resources
- Renewable Energy Resources
- Plate Tectonics and Inside Earth
- Continental Drift
- Seafloor Spreading
- Theory of Plate Tectonics
- Stress in Earth's Crust
- The Nature of Earthquakes
- Measuring and Precting Earthquakes
- Staying Safe in Earthquakes
- Where Volcanoes are Located
- Volcanic Eruptions
- Types of Volcanoes
- Volcanic Landforms and Geothermic Activity
- Weathering
- Soils
- Water Erosion and Deposition
- Wave Erosion and Deposition
- Wind Erosion and Deposition
- Glacial Erosion and Deposition
- Erosion and Deposition by Gravity
- Fossils
- Relative Ages of Rocks
- Absolute Ages of Rocks
- Early Earth
- The Precambrian
- Phanerozoic Earth History
- History of Earth's Complex Life Forms
- Water on Earth
- Surface Water
- Groundwater
- Introduction to the Oceans
- Ocean Movements
- The Seafloor
- Ocean Life
- The Atmosphere
- Atmospheric Layers
- Energy in the Atmosphere
- Air Movement
- Weather and Atmospheric Water
- Changing Weather
- Storms
- Weather Forecasting
- Climate and Its Clauses
- World Climates
- Climate Change
- Ecosystems
- The Carbon Cycle and the Nitrogen Cycle
- Human Populations
- Loss of Soils
- Pollution of the Land
- Use and Conservation of Resources
- Energy Conservation
- Humans and Water Supply
- Problems with Water Distribution
- Water Pollution
- Protecting the Water Supply
- Air Pollution
- Effects of Air Pollution
- Reducing Air Pollution
- Telescopes
- Early Space Exploration
- Recent Space Exploration
- Planet Earth
- Earth's Moon
- The Sun
- The Sun and Earth-Moon System
- Introduction to the Solar System
- Inner Planets
- Outer Planets
- Other Objects in the Solar System
- Stars
- Galaxies
- The Universe
- How are the states of matter related to the attractive forces between molecules?
- How does water move from groundwater reservoirs to surface water reservoirs?
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- How does sound interact with matter?
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- How does water cause erosion and deposition?
- How do you interpret topographic maps?
- Why is earth's moon spherical?
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- How do solstice's and equinox's affect solar energy reaching the Earth's surface?
- How is thermal energy transferred through the atmosphere and hydrosphere? What effects does this transfer have on climate?
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- How does the sun differ from a white dwarf?
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- How do volcanoes affect the climate on earth?
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- How much sunlight gets lost through the atmosphere?
- What's the difference between a dwarf planet and a protoplanet?
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- When you apply heat energy to molecules what happens?
- What is the difference between mass and weight of an object?
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- What are global winds and how do they form?
- What are the most abundant gases in our atmosphere? Please list in order. Thanks!
- What are 2 or more examples of interactions between the hydrosphere and the atmosphere?
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- What would the topography of an area be like if the contour lines were close together, and if they were far apart?
- In what type of rock do fossils usually form in?
- In which of the three rock layers would you expect to find fossils of an organism that went extinct before the marine organism evolved?
- Can all minerals be gemstones?
- What are the five different levels of organization studied by ecologists?
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- What is a spring tide? What is a neap tide?
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- How many time zones are in China?
- In what biome do we live in?
- What factors can increase the rate at which water evaporates?
- Does the Precambrian Era represent a much longer part of Earth's history than the Phanerozoic Era?
- What are the approximate terrestrial coordinates of Buffalo, NY?
- What two elements make up the largest percentage of Earth's crust?
- What are the different types of lunar eclipses?
- In Earth’s atmosphere, which temperature zone contains the most water vapor?
- What happens when a piece of calcite is struck by a hammer?
- How do seismic waves help scientists understand Earth's interior?
- What are vibrations in Earth caused by the sudden movement of rock called?
- What can cause some of the most dramatic changes to Earth's surface?
- What is the relatively soft layer of the upper mantle called?
- Who is often called the father of physical science?
- What kind of scientists worked with geologists to develop the geologic time scale?
- Why is winter colder than summer?
- How did land first form on Earth?
- Why is life possible on Earth?
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- How are clastic sediments classified?
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- What force causes continents to move across the earth?
- What is the wearing away of rock by a grinding action called?
- What is the apparent rising and setting of the sun as seen from Earth caused by?
- What are examples of foliated and nonfoliated rocks?
- What are three types of plate boundaries where volcanic eruptions can occur?
- What is the Coriolis Effect?
- In general, how do the human activities of mining and construction affect rocks?
- How might the soil on a mountain top differ from the soil in a valley below?
- What drives surface currents?
- How do wind and ocean currents globally distribute heat energy?
- How is the Earth's crust changing and how do we know?
- How are the laws of superposition and crosscutting relationships used to determine the relative ages of rocks?
- How do the Iayers of the atmosphere protect us?
- Fossils of sea shells are found in a natural bedrock exposure. How did this rock probably form?
- What are two material resources, one renewable and one nonrenewable?
- What are two main types of sedimentation?
- What happens along a transform plate boundary?
- What direction do the plates move relative to one another in a divergent plate boundary?
- Does the law of crosscutting relationships involve sedimentary rock only?
- How is the geologic column used in relative dating?
- Why is uniformitarianism considered to be the foundation of modern geology?
- Why do wind and surface currents appear to move in curved paths?
- What are the roles of photosynthesis and respiration in the ecosystem?
- How does energy from wind produce electrical energy?
- Can you list major layers of Earth's interna| structure based on physical properties? What are the layers in order from Earth's center to the surface?
- What is the theory that describes large-scale movements of Earth‘s lithosphere?