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Earth Science 2240

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Chapter 10: The Physics and Chemistry of Water and Air
What are the 4 levels of atmosphe...,
Where is the troposphere the thic...,
Where does most weather related p...
28  cards
Chapter 11: Cyclonic Storms
What is the smallest and largest ...,
How do thunderstorms form,
What are 3 things that cause air ...
21  cards
Chapter 12: Climate- The Basics
Why is the log scale used in geol...,
What are the 3 major causes of cl...,
The _____ a system is to its equi...
16  cards
Chapter 13: Climate- Past, Present, Future
What is the faint young sun paradox,
What is chemical weathering,
How does chemical weathering remo...
22  cards
Chapter 14: Impacts From Space- The Basics
Where does earth get all its spac...,
Where is the asteroid belt located,
What are chondtrite meteorites
29  cards
Chapter 15: Impact- Case Studies
What are the characteristics of t...,
What was the result of the barrin...,
Characteristics of the chesapeak ...
7  cards
Chapter 16: Precambrian Time Extinctions
Approximately when did early life...,
Was there oxygen in this period,
When did the oxygen catastrophe o...
8  cards
Chapter 17: Phanerozoic Eon
Characteristics of the cambrian p...,
Characteristics of the ordovician...,
Characteristics of the silurian p...
11  cards
Chapter 18: End Permian Mass Extinction
Why do we use uranium isotopes to...,
What was pangea like at this time,
What was the 1st flood basalt eve...
10  cards
Chapter 19: End Cretaceous Mass Extinction
What happened at the end of the c...,
What do gradualists believe about...,
What was the prominent life forms...
14  cards
Chapter 20: The Holocene Mass Extinction
What is the holocene extinction,
What is concerning in terms of th...,
How did the first wave extinction...
10  cards

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