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ESS comprehensive 1st semester
It’s about earth and space science
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12th Grade
12/16/2019

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Universe
Definition
everything that exists everywhere
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astronaut
Definition
a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
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magnetic field
Definition
a region around a magnetic material or a moving electric charge within which the force of magnetism acts.
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experience
Definition
go or live though
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ablation
Definition
the erosion process that reduces glacier size
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Convection
Definition
heat from radioactive elements in the core travels to the surface through the mantle by a process of heat transfer
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inner core
Definition
earths inner core
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Trench
Definition
the crust
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Mantle
Definition
hot pockets
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Ridge
Definition
the outside of the trench
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Core
Definition
it is the middle of the earth
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Van Allen Belts
Definition
a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind
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Refractions
Definition
the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another or from a gradual change in the medium.
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the theia impact
Definition
the Moon formed out of the debris left over from a collision between Earth and an astronomical body
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accretion
Definition
the coming together and cohesion of matter under the influence of gravitation to form larger bodies.
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p waves
Definition
primary waves, are longitudinal sound waves, too low in frequency for humans to hear, that travel very quickly (from ~1 km/s to ~14 km/s) through the rock
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s waves
Definition
primary waves, are longitudinal sound waves, too low in frequency for humans to hear, that travel very quickly (from ~1 km/s to ~14 km/s) through the rock
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epicenter
Definition
The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus
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focus
Definition
Waves that are formed by the sudden movement of rock in Earth’s crust propagate out in all directions from the source
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habitable zones
Definition
are geographies where conditions are right to support complex life
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p waves
Definition
primary waves, are longitudinal sound waves, too low in frequency for humans to hear, that travel very quickly (from ~1 km/s to ~14 km/s) through the rock
Term
s waves
Definition
primary waves, are longitudinal sound waves, too low in frequency for humans to hear, that travel very quickly (from ~1 km/s to ~14 km/s) through the rock
Term
epicenter
Definition
The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus
Term
focus
Definition
Waves that are formed by the sudden movement of rock in Earth’s crust propagate out in all directions from the source
Term
habitable zones
Definition
are geographies where conditions are right to support complex life
Term
p waves
Definition
primary waves, are longitudinal sound waves, too low in frequency for humans to hear, that travel very quickly (from ~1 km/s to ~14 km/s) through the rock
Term
s waves
Definition
primary waves, are longitudinal sound waves, too low in frequency for humans to hear, that travel very quickly (from ~1 km/s to ~14 km/s) through the rock
Term
epicenter
Definition
The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus
Term
focus
Definition
Waves that are formed by the sudden movement of rock in Earth’s crust propagate out in all directions from the source
Term
habitable zones
Definition
are geographies where conditions are right to support complex life
Term
Van Allen Belts
Definition
a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind
Term
Refractions
Definition
the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another or from a gradual change in the medium.
Term
the theia impact
Definition
the Moon formed out of the debris left over from a collision between Earth and an astronomical body
Term
accretion
Definition
the coming together and cohesion of matter under the influence of gravitation to form larger bodies.
Term
p waves
Definition
primary waves, are longitudinal sound waves, too low in frequency for humans to hear, that travel very quickly (from ~1 km/s to ~14 km/s) through the rock
Term
s waves
Definition
primary waves, are longitudinal sound waves, too low in frequency for humans to hear, that travel very quickly (from ~1 km/s to ~14 km/s) through the rock
Term
epicenter
Definition
The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus
Term
focus
Definition
Waves that are formed by the sudden movement of rock in Earth’s crust propagate out in all directions from the source
Term
habitable zones
Definition
are geographies where conditions are right to support complex life
Term
p waves
Definition
primary waves, are longitudinal sound waves, too low in frequency for humans to hear, that travel very quickly (from ~1 km/s to ~14 km/s) through the rock
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