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This document contains notes on various scientific topics, including astrology, astronomy, constellations, asterisms, the zodiac, Earth's rotation, orbit, and annual/diurnal motion. It also covers the Earth's spheres, lithosphere, compositional and mechanical layers, and plate boundaries. It is likely a set of notes rather than a past exam paper, suitable for secondary school students.
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**SCIENCE SESSION 1** **ASTROLOGY** - - - - - **ASTRONOMY** - - - **CONSTELLATIONS** - - - - **ASTERISM** - Ex: The big dipper from the constellation Ursa Major **THE ZODIAC** - - **Aries**: March 21 - April 19 **Capricorn**: Dec 22 - Jan 19 **Taur...
**SCIENCE SESSION 1** **ASTROLOGY** - - - - - **ASTRONOMY** - - - **CONSTELLATIONS** - - - - **ASTERISM** - Ex: The big dipper from the constellation Ursa Major **THE ZODIAC** - - **Aries**: March 21 - April 19 **Capricorn**: Dec 22 - Jan 19 **Taurus:** April 20 - May 20 **Aquarius** Jan 20 - Feb 18 **Gemini:** May 21 - June 20 **Pisces** Feb 19 - March 20 **Cancer:** June 21 - July 22 **Leo:** July 23 - August 22 **Virgo:** Aug 23 - Sep 22 **Libra:** Sep 23 - Oct 22 **Scorpio** Oct 23 - Nov 21 **Sagittarius** Nov 22 - Dec 21 **EARTH'S ROTATION** - - **EARTH'S ORBIT** - **ANNUAL MOTION** - **DIURNAL MOTION** - - \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **EARTH** - **Spheres of the earth** - - - - **LITHOSPHERE** **Compositional Layer** - [what the earth is made of ] A. - - - B. - - - - - - - - C. - - - - - **Mechanical Layer** - [responsible for the movement of the earth's plates ] **Lithosphere** - - - - - **Asthenosphere** - - - - - - **Mesosphere** - The Layer also [behave plastically but flow slowly and rigidly ] **The Outer core** - - - - **The Inner core** - - - - Earth internal layers are different based on the: 1. 2. 3. Branches of the Study of Earth Science: **Geology** - more on the study of [earth ] **Meteorology** - more on the study of [weather ] **Petrology** - more on the study of [rocks] \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **PLATE BOUNDARIES** - **Earth's Plates:** [Eurasian, Pacific, Indo-Australian, South American, North American, African Plate ] [Types: Divergent, Convergent, and Transform ] **Plate Margins** ---- Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Mountains V V V Circum- Mid-Continental Mid-Atlantic Pacific Belt Belt Belt **PACIFIC RING OF FIRE** - - - - Countries in the Pacific Ring of Fire - *Philippines - under the typhoon and earthquake belt*  MOVEMENT Volcanoes? Earthquakes? +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1.**Divergent** **Away from** Yes Yes(weak) | | | | **each other** | | | | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\ | | _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | | \_\_ | | | | 2.**Convergent** **Towards each other** Yes Yes | | | | **(subduction)** **& the oceanic plate** | | | | **subducts under the** | | | | **continental plate** | | | | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\ | | _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | | \_\_ | | | | 3.**Convergent** **Towards each other,** No Yes | | | | **(Collision)** **creating fold mountains** | | | | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\ | | _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | | \_\_ | | | | 4.**Transform** **Side by side in the** No Yes | | | | **opposite directions or** | | | | **the same directions** | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ **Subduction** **\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_** **Continental Drift Theory**  - - - - - - **PALEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE** - - - Similarity of certain fossils... **Evidence From Structure and Rock Type** - - **Seafloor Spreading** - - - - - - **Evidence of Seafloor Spreading** - - Earth's outer core creates a magnetic field that acts as a giant magnet. The direction of the magnetic field is not constant and creates a magnetic reversal. **Normal Polarity** - wherein magnetic objects will orient **towards North** **Reversal Polarity** - the direction of magnetic objects is reversed and the orientation is **towards South**
