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Igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks derived from igneous "parents" make up what percentage of the Earth's crust? - Answer 95% What three components make up most magmas? - Answer Liquid Portion, Solid Portion, Gaseous Portion What is a volatile? - Answer Gases dissolved in a magma Select the choice below that best describes the role of volatiles in an ascending magma. - Answer Volatiles will expand with decreasing pressure, carrying the melt upward Wha...

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Latitude - Answer angular distance North or South of the equator measured from the center of the Earth Longitude - Answer angular distance East or West of a chosen point on the Earth's surface measured from the center of the Earth Tropic of Cancer - Answer marks the farthest latitude NORTH the subsolar point migrates during the year. (23.5 degrees N) Tropic of Capricorn - Answer marks the furthest latitude SOUTH the subsolar point point migrates during the yea...

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Weather - Answer Condition of the atmosphere at some point in time Weather Elements - Answer -Temperature -Humidity -Pressure -Clouds -Precipitation -Wind Climate - Answer The characteristic condition of the atmosphere near the surface, at a place or across a region Climate Normals - Answer Long term means of climate computed over 30 year intervals; currently updated every 10 years Climate System - Answer Complex with numbers components, processes ...

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What is the system theory? - Answer A System is a model or a representation of a portion of the natural or human landscape A system has these 4 boundaries: - Answer 1. Boundaries 2. Components 3. Linkages 4. Feedbacks What is an open system? - Answer Has transfers of matter and or energy with the surroundings What is a closed system? - Answer Isolated, does not exchange matter and or energy with itssurroundingsGG101 What is equilibrium? - Answer Steady s...

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Air pressure - Answer average free exerted on a unit by molecular collision What influences air pressure in the open atmosphere? - Answer 1. As altitude increases, pressure decreases 2. As the amount of water vapor increases, air pressure decreases 3. As temperature increases, air pressure decreases Pressure - Answer Decreases at the surface where air is rising Increases at the surface where air is subsiding What is a thermal low? - Answer warm rising air lead...

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What is the infiltration? - Answer Water soaking into the ground The __________ describes the path water takes as it moves between the land, the ocean, and the atmosphere. - Answer hydrologic/water cycle What percentage of Earth's water is in the form of seawater? - Answer 97.2% What is the geologic definition of a stream? - Answer A channelized body of water flowing down gradient The _______ is an elevational point that divides an entire continent into lar...

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What percentage of the Earth's water is in the form of seawater? - Answer 97.2% What percentage of the Earth's water is in the form of groundwater? - Answer 0.62% What feature is going to develop if a well is withdrawing more groundwater than an aquifer can naturally replace, resulting in a dimple in the water table? - Answer Cone of Depression Which of the following characteristics is not true or groundwater? - Answer Rarely contains dissolved minerals lik...

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Abiotic - Answer Any nonliving component of an environment. Biotic - Answer An environmental factor related to or produced by living organisms. Rhumb Line - Answer a line of constant direction, any straight line, and is not a great circle. Positive Feedback - Answer Feedback that tends to magnify a process or increase its output. Lithosphere - Answer A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust. Model - Answer A simpli...

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weather - Answer the short-term condition of the atmosphere, as compared to climate, which reflects long-term atmospheric conditions and extremes. Temperature, air pressure, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, daylength, and Sun angle are important measurable elements that contribute to weather Meteorology - Answer the scientific study of the atmosphere, including its physical characteristics and motions; related chemical, physical and geological processes; the complex li...

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