Earth and Space by Jenise Ochoa

Solar System

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made up of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity

severe weather

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thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, lightning, floods, damaging winds and severe winter weather.

Types of Clouds

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cumulus, cirrus, stratus, and nimbus.

Weather Patterns

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sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, and stormy.

Geologic Time

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Geologic time began ticking when Earth formed ~4.6 billion years ago.

Layers of the Earth

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A cross section of Earth showing the following layers: (1) crust (2) mantle (3a) outer core (3b) inner core (4) lithosphere (5) asthenosphere (6) outer core (7) inner core

Types of Volcanoes

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cinder cones, composite volcanoes (stratovolcanoes), and shield volcanoes.

Hurricanes

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A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls.

Measuring and Locating Earthquakes

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Three or more seismograph stations are needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake through triangulation. Using the arrival-time difference from the first P wave to the first S wave, one can determine the distance from the epicenter but not the direction.