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 * 1) If pressure and temperature are constant, density of any substance, regardless of size [|is the same].
 * 2) [|As pressure increases]on a solid or gas, density increases.
 * 3) As temperature of matter increases, [|its density decreases](in an open system).
 * 4) Water expands when it [|freezes].
 * 5) Many changes are [|cyclic](The repeat themselves).
 * 6) [|Water]is most dense at 4 Degrees Celcius, when it is water.
 * 7) The closer the [|isolines], the steeper the g r a d i e n t.
 * 8) When Calculating [|percent deviation], the accepted value is the correct answer while the Measured value is subject to error.
 * 9) Dynamic equilbrium means balance.
 * 10) Earth absorbs short waves (visible light) and radiates long waves (infrared energy).
 * 11) The true shape of the earth is an oblate spheroid.
 * 12) The __best model__ of [|Earth]at any reasonable scale is a perfect circle
 * 13) The altitude of polaris equals your latitude.[| (diagram here) >]
 * 14) [|Latitude lines]are drawn east-west and measure angular distances north and south.
 * 15) [|Longitude lines]are drawn north-south and measure angular distances east and west.
 * 16) Longitude is based on [|observations of the sun].
 * 17) The earth [|rotates]from west to east (24 hours)
 * 18) The earth [|revolves]counterclockwise (365.25 days) when viewed from above the North Pole.
 * 19) The [|sun]appears to rise in the east and set in the west.
 * 20) The moon has [|phases]because the angle between the earth and moon changes because the moon revolves around us (remember though that half is always lit.
 * 21) Planets appear to go backwards ([|retrograde]) as earth passes them in space.
 * 22) Summer [|solstice]: June 21st. Winter solstice: December 21st. [|Equinoxes]: March 21st, September 23rd.
 * 23) To an observer in the mid lattitudes in the northern hemisphere facing north, stars appear to make a complete circle around [|polaris (north star)]
 * 24) [|Blue shift]: object (e.g. star) is getting closer to earth. Red shift: object is getting farther away from earth. (provides evidence that the universe is still expanding.
 * 25) Equator always have 12 hours of [|day-light].
 * 26) The lower the altitude of the sun is, the longer the [|shadow] it casts.
 * 27) The [|Coriolis effect]results from the earth's rotation. the Foucault Pendulum illustrates the Coriolis Effect, and so 'proves' the earth's rotation.
 * 28) Earth is [|closer] to the sun in winter.
 * 29) The closer the planet is to the sun, the higher it's [|velocity]and the further the planet is from the sun, the slower it's velocity.
 * 30) [|Apparent diameter] of objects (Sun, Moon) gets larger when the object is closer to Earth
 * 31) The sun is one [|foci] of an ellipse. There is nothing in the other foci.
 * 32) Black objects [|absorb] energy. White objects reflect energy.
 * 33) [|Apparent diameter] of objects (Sun, Moon) gets larger when the object is closer to Earth
 * 34) [|Vertical rays](overhead sun) can only occur between 23.5 degrees North and 23.5 degrees South
 * 35) [|Winds curve]to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere due to earth rotation. Called the Coriolis Effect.
 * 36) Energy moves from source to sink: [|high to low]
 * 37) Air moves clockwise and outward around a [|high>]
 * 38) Air moves counterclockwise and inward around a [|low>]
 * 39) Good absorbers of [|radiation]are good raditators
 * 40) [|Hottest part of the year]is in July in the Northern Hemisphere
 * 41) Hottest part of the day is after [|1:00 p.m.>]
 * 42) As [|temperature]increases, air pressure decreases.
 * 43) As atmospheric moisture ([|humidity)]increases, atmospheric pressure decreases.
 * 44) Air pressure decreases with [|altitude.>]
 * 45) Cooler and drier air generally exerts [|higher pressure.]Warm, moist air generally exerts lower pressure.
 * 46) Wind is the result of [|pressure differences.>]
 * 47) Wind blows from [|high to low pressure].
 * 48) Wind is named for the [|direction]that it is coming from.
 * 49) The closer the air temperature is to the [|dewpoint] the greater the chance for precipitation.
 * 50) Weather moves from [|west to east]in the United States.
 * 51) Generally, with the passage of a [|cold front], the temperature and humidity decrease, the pressure rises.
 * 52) Generally, with the passage of a [|warm front], the temperature and humidity increase, the pressure decreases.
 * 53) [|Occluded front]is formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front. try [|this link]for definition-Mr. Fox
 * 54) [|Cold fronts]move the fastest.
 * 55) As air rises, it [|expands]and cools.
 * 56) [|Porosity]does not depend on particle size.
 * 57) As particle size increases, [|permeability]increases.
 * 58) Capilarity increases as [|capilarity]decreases.
 * 59) [|Ep (evapotranspiration)]depends on temperature.
 * 60) Water bodies moderate temperature. need better link..
 * 61) Most surface water runoff occurs if the soil is bare, precipitation rate exceeds pereability rate, soil is satureated and slope of land is too great.
 * 62) Chemical weathering dominates in warm, humid climates.
 * 63) Physical weatehring dominates in cold, humid climates(good for frost wedging).
 * 64) [|gravity]is the force that drives erosion.
 * 65) streams are currently the number 1 agent of [|erosion in new york state].
 * 66) stream velocity depends on [|slope](gradient) and discharge.
 * 67) velocity is the greatest on the outside of a [|meander]bend.
 * 68) heavy,round and dense particles settle out first. ([|see diagram here])
 * 69) [|water sorts sediments by size verticlly],with the biggest sediments on the bottom only when sediments settle still in water.
 * 70) [|isostasy]: earth's crust in equilibrium.
 * 71) [|﻿unconformity]is a buried erosion surface that represents a gap in the rock record.
 * 72) The four principal types of [|drainage pattern]are related to the underlying regional geology. They are: Dendritic (random), rectangular, radical and trellis(block).
 * 73) When a rock is broken into smaller pieces, the [|surface area]increases and weathering rate increases.
 * 74) Mineral properties depend on [|internal atomic arrangment.]
 * 75) [|Continental crust]is thick, less dense and granitic.
 * 76) Continental crust is thick, less dense, and [|granitic]
 * 77) Sedimentary rocks commonly layered and almost almost all [|fossils]form in sedimentary envirorments
 * 78) [|Igneous Rock]: cools fast: small crystals: cools slow: large crystals
 * 79) [|Metamorphic]- banded- distorted structure
 * 80) The silicon (Si) oxygen (O) tetrahedron is the building block of silicate minerals, the most abundant in earth's crust.
 * 81) Arid landscape: steep slopes with sharp angles.
 * 82) Humid landscape: smooth with rounded slopes.
 * 83) Mid ocean ridge - new earth being created-sea floor spreading.
 * 84) Trenches- earth being destroyed- [|subduction zone.>]
 * 85) P-waves are [|faster]then S-waves.
 * 86) P-waves pass through liquids, solids and gases (that's why people hear earthquakes. "S"-waves travel through [|"s"olids only. > >]
 * 87) You need [|three seismometer stations]to triangulate the epicenter of an earthquake.
 * 88) Convection currents in the mantle move plates.
 * 89) The orientation of the Earth's magnetic field has reversed with time.
 * 90) Plate tectonics states the earth's crust is broken into plates which can move.
 * 91) Three main types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent and transform.
 * 92) [|Mountains]form by uplift.
 * 93) The [|half-life]of a radioactive element can't be changed.
 * 94) [|Index fossils]are good time markers (widely spread, lived a short time).
 * 95) Undisturbed strata - [|bottom layer is oldest].
 * 96) Intrusion and faults are younger than the rock they are in.
 * 97) Uranium 238 (U 238) dates old rocks.
 * 98) Carbon 14 dates recent living objects.
 * 99) Use your [|Earth Science Reference Tables]! This is one of the most important tools in your test taking arsenal.

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