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Across
Reflection of solar radiation (e.g. polar snow prevents earth from heating up by reflecting it back into atmosphere)
Most destructive waves
How the sun's energy reaches the earth
Hourly, daily, or monthly atmospheric conditions
As the slope of a stream bed increases, the speed or ____ of the stream also increases
How heat is distributed in the earth's interior
Areas of land far from large bodies of water have ___ temperatures (recall Spokane vs Seattle)
Theory that continents have slowly moved to current locations
Formations of large frozen areas found in high latitudes/altitudes
Side of mountain that tends to be dry and warm
Mechanical and chemical break up of rocks
Earth's temperature without the greenhouse effect
What hotter fluids do when cooler/denser fluids sink
Atmospheric conditions over a long period of time
What happens to earth's temperatures when clouds absorb the sun's energy
Down
Side of mountain that tends to be wet and cool
Number of reversals of the earth's magnetic field if Plate A has two plusses and two minuses
In ocean currents, heat at the equator moves toward the ___
Age of rocks found at mid-ocean ridges
Primary reason why streams flow.
What happens when oceanic crust collides with continental crust and slides beneath it because it is denser
Age of seafloor at greatest depth
In convection, cooler and denser fluids do this while hotter fluids rise
Formed when solar energy does not reach the poles due to the tilt of the earth
Type of boundary San Andreas Fault exemplifies
What happens to solar energy as it increases in latitude (moves toward poles)
The ___ at which the earth rotates can cause an ice age by reducing solar radiation at the poles, forming glaciers
Type of change being studied in ice cores include changes in temperature and gas ___ (what it's made of)
Point in earth's interior where an earthquake releases its energy
Most destructive seismic waves
Where all circles intersect when triangulating an earthquake
What carbon dioxide and water vapor can do with heat (which makes them important greenhouses gases!)
Boundaries where new oceanic crust is formed
The slower the stream flow, the less the amount of ___ is carried in the water
Stream A has a steeper slope that Stream B, but Stream B travels faster because it has a greater ____ of water. (How is liquid measured?)
Process that moves weathered sediments from one place to another and deposits them (deposition)
What scientists analyze when studying energy transfer in the ocean, atmosphere, and earth's layers