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Academic Vocabulary (Earth Science)

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    Academic Vocabulary (Earth Science)
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  • The sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs has baffled _______ for many years.
    clinicians
    scientists
    opponents
    analysts
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  • All of the ecosystems in the world make up the ________.
    desalination
    seawater
    biosphere
    method
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  • One example of scientific _______ is the fact that the earth rotates on its axis as it revolves around the sun.
    knowledge
    equipment
    method
    supply
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  • The modern scientific ______ is usually attributed to Galileo.
    supply
    knowledge
    method
    surface
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  • The _______ once covering 26,000 square miles vanishes into desert.
    seawater
    biospheres
    desalination
    soil
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  • The ____ is very fertile, and many of the inhabitants have acquired much wealth from the cultivation of rice.
    surface
    flooded
    soil
    seawater
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  • We have a plentiful _____ of water.
    advantages
    supply
    desalination
    equipment
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  • The ________ plant was to be funded by raising water rates to achieve full cost recovery.
    large-scale
    desalination
    extreme
    seawater
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  • An _____ is a small animal that has six legs. Most insects have wings.
    insect
    fly
    arthropod
    bug
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  • The amount of ______ is dependent on the extent of the daytime cloud cover.
    surface
    interest
    sunlight
    seawater
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  • 97% of all the water on the Earth's ______ is salt.
    surface
    soil
    flooded
    equipment
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  • A _______ study of the benefits of dark chocolate would require many people and lots of time.
    effectively
    large-scale
    constant
    discovered
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  • The school needs new laboratory ________.
    surface
    equipment
    knowledge
    supply
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  • Science has _________ that there are five types of human beings.
    observed
    generated
    discovered
    flooded
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  • Two species of blind fish, of ______ scientific interest, are found in the caves of the island.
    effectively
    constant
    extreme
    optimistic
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  • In the rainy season this valley becomes a sea, ______ by the discharge of the Khanega.
    discovered
    surfaced
    flooded
    supplied
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