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How Old are the oceans 4 billion years
How were atmospheres and oceans formed outgassing and icy commets
what is outgassing when volcanoes erupt and water vapor is condensed and turned into
clouds and rain
What are the internal Layers of earth lithosphere
asthenosphere
mesosphere
outer core
inner core
Lithosphere Crust and Upper Mantle
Asthenosphere upper mantle (below lithosphere)
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Mesosphere Rest of Mantle
Outer core and inner core outer fluid
inner solid
Two Types of energy Kinetic and Heat
Kinetic Energy Energy of Motion (astroid)
Heat Energy Energy moving from hot to cold. function from kinectic. motion creates heat
Density the degree of compactness of a substance.
Hot Rises
Cold Sinks
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Less Dense Rises
More Dense Sinks
Bioaccumulation as you go up the base of the food chain, the level of mercury is more
concentrated than the base of the food chain → bigger fish eat the other fishes below that are
high in mercury and gets more concentrated as it goes up
Biodegradation Ability to decay naturally
Photo-degradation things being broken down because of sunlight
Diffusion Net Movement from High Concentration to Low COncentration
How olds the earth 4.5 Billion years
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How old is life on earth 3.7 billion years
Plate Tectonics Lithosphere is broken up into plates and moves over the asthenosphere.
Magma Comes through, stretches and things salts, water fills the gap
3 plate boundries divergent convergent and transform
divergent boundary rifting apart
what kind of boundary is baja Ca and mid atlantic Ridge Divergent
Convergent Boundary Plates come together and one goes under the other
What kind of boundary is himalayas and trenches convergent
Transform Boundry Slide side by side to each other (earthquakes causing tsunamis