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1. The Earth’s rotation is a major factor in
2. Of the 439 nuclear power plants worldwide, how many are in the United States?
3. Seismographs record earthquake primary waves, secondary waves, and
4. Breeder reactors, which produce more energy than they use can provide energy for
5. The formation and movement of ocean and continental masses are known as
6. Drainage basins with thousands of streams and rivers draining to them are also called
7. The rule of 70 is used by researchers to estimate a population’s
8. When wind changes speed or direction abruptly, it is known as
9. The lowest number of individuals needed for a species’ continued survival is known as a
10. Logistic growth is obtained from the equation rN(1 − N/K) = ΔN/Δt, where K is
11. The branch of geology that studies rock layers is called
12. Nuclear power is primarily created in one of two ways: fission and
13. The IPCC is most important in studying
14. The area needed for a population to provide for itself and dispose of its waste is called its
15. When a layer of warm air rolls over the top of cooler air in cities rimmed by mountains, it is called a
16. External pressure causes rocks to have different size crack and fractures called
17. The main component of organic matter is
18. Frost wedging represents what type of weathering?
19. When atmospheric gases are not released into space but build up in the Earth’s atmosphere, it is called
20. The extreme compression of ancient organic plant and animal materials in the Earth’s crust form
21. The First Law of Thermodynamics describes how
22. Life expectancy is the number of years a person is expected to live based upon
23. Which layer of the atmosphere is the most active with regard to weather?
24. Due to the problem of storing water and finding shelter from extreme heat, which are the dominant creatures in warm deserts?
25. With regard to plant produce, the acronym GMO stands for

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