Chapter 1 Vocabulary Word List
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Abyssal plain |
Environment |
Nonrenewable
resource |
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Asthenosphere |
Geological time
scale |
Oceanic ridge |
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Astronomy |
Geology |
Oceanography |
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Atmosphere |
Geosphere |
Open system |
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Biosphere |
Hydrosphere |
Outer core |
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Closed system |
Hypothesis |
Paradigm |
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Continental margin |
Inner core |
Physical
environment |
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Continental rise |
Interface |
Plate |
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Continental shelf |
Lithosphere |
Plate tectonics |
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Continental Slope |
Lithospheric plate |
Positive feedback
mechanism |
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Core |
Lower mantle |
Renewable
resource |
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Crust |
Mantle |
Seamount |
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Deep Ocean Basin |
Meteorology |
Shield |
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Deep Ocean Trench |
Model |
Stable platform |
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Earth Science |
Nebular hypothesis |
System |
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Earth system
science |
Negative feedback
mechanism |
Theory |