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Early Universe
Early Earth
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Mineralsand Rocks
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Early Universe
Early Earth
PlateTectonics
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Anatomy of Earth
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the two most abundant elements in the Universe
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200 Early Universe Question
What are hydrogen and helium?

H is roughly 30,000 times more abundant than Fe
in universe
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the source of elements heavier than iron (hint
not your bowl of cereal)
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What are supernovas (or supernovae)?
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phenomenon associated with objects receding from
an observer at close to the speed of light
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What is red shift?
Blue shift
Red shift
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provides evidence of the character of the
Universe as it was immediately after the Big Bang
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800 Early Universe Question
What is the Cosmic Microwave Background (or CMB)?
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200 Early Earth
the age of the Earth
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200 Early Earth Question
What is 4.56 billion years (or 4.56 Ga)?
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process by which iron sank to the core
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400 Early Earth Question
What is differentiation of the Earth?
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certain types of these objects provideage
constraints on the formation of Earth
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What are meteorites?
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Video Daily Double!
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the tide-turning result of the event depicted
in the video
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800 Early Earth Question
What is the formation of Earths moon?
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200 Plate Tectonics
a succession of extinct volcanoesthat line up
parallel to plate motion
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200 Plate Tectonics Question
What are hotspot tracks?
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400 Plate Tectonics
why the asthenosphere is plasticand the
lithosphere is rigid
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400 Plate Tectonics Question
What are differences in temperature?
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600 Plate Tectonics
observations that proved the concept of sea-floor
spreading
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600 Plate Tectonics Question
What are magnetic anomalies on the sea floor?
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the name of the effect of continental drift on
the magnetic orientation of magnetite in rocks
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800 Plate Tectonics Question
What is apparent polar wander?
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200 Minerals and Rocks
three physical properties that are diagnostic in
identifying minerals
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200 Minerals and Rocks Question
What are color, streak, luster,
hardness, specific gravity, crystal habit, and
cleavage (any 3)?
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400 Minerals and Rocks
the general name for a mineral that has both
oxygen and silicon
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400 Minerals and Rocks Question
What is a silicate?
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600 Minerals and Rocks
name of a class of igneous rocks with very low
silica content
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600 Minerals and Rocks Question
What is ultramafic?
plagioclase
pyroxene
olivine
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a type of igneous rock with no minerals
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800 Minerals and Rocks Question
What is obsidian (or pumice)?
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200 Anatomy of Earth
the two most abundant elements on Earth
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200 Anatomy of Earth Question
What are iron and oxygen?
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400 Anatomy of Earth
rigid layer composed of both crust and part of
the mantle
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What is the lithosphere?
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the source of Earths magnetic field
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What is the liquid-iron outer core?
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800 Anatomy of Earth
the combined thickness of the core, mantle and
crust
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800 Anatomy of Earth Question
What is about 6400 km (or 4000 miles)?
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200 Geologic Time
conceptual framework in which the present is
viewed as the key to the past
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What is Uniformitarianism?
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encapsulates the idea that fossil assemblages are
not randomly distributed, but rather succeed one
another in an orderly way across broad areas
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What is the Principleof Faunal Succession?
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600 Geologic Time
arises when a sedimentary deposit is eroded and
then buried by more sediment at a later time
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What is a disconformity?
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the fraction of original parent atoms remaining
after 3 half lives for a radioisotope
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What is 1/8?
number of half lives
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