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1. 186000 miles/second
Speed of light
Semidiurnal or diurnal
Comet nuclei
29.5
2. The flow of water underground - in the vadose zone and aquifers - Subsurface water may return to the surface (as a spring or by being pumped) or eventually seep into the oceans
Subsurface flow
Soil
Longitude
15
3. Method of using the present to interpret the past - Processes occurring today are observed carefully and their effects are measured - Then - geologists assume that similar effects in ancient rocks were caused by processes similar to those of the pres
46%
Maritime air
Subsurface flow
Uniformitarianism
4. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels
cooling
Metamorphic rocks
Air mass
Solar System
5. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time
Coral reef
Spring tide
Hydrologic concepts
aquifers
6. Officially defined as sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of magnitude greater than 0.5
clouds
El Nino and La Nina
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
lower
7. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere
Venus
Inertia
Sunspots
Extrusive
8. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the ________
Extrusive
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
jet stream
Evaporation
9. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean
Nuclear fusion
5.6
The geological time scale
Major oceans
10. Comprised of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle - broken up into tectonic plates (7 major and many minor) - ride on the asthenosphere
- cT
Lithosphere
Conglomerates
Nuclear fusion
11. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
moisture
Differential heating
Tides
Intrusive
12. Smooth layers of low clouds that indicate a chance of drizzle or snow
Stratus clouds
11
The rock cycle
Stars
13. The atmosphere is a __________ - and so small changes to one part of the system can grow to have large effects on the system as a whole - This makes it difficult to accurately predict weather more than a few days in advance
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Lunar eclipse
Inertia
Chaotic system
14. Typically the tidal mouths of rivers and are often characterized by _____________ or silt carried in from terrestrial runoff - frequently from offshore
Sedimentation
46%
Canopy interception
Coral reef
15. Seasons are marked by changes in the amount of sunlight - which in turn often cause cycles of dormancy in plants and hibernation in animals - These effects vary with latitude and with proximity to bodies of water
Continental air
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Gravity and inertia
Mineral color
16. Not all runoff flows into rivers; much of it infiltrates into the ground through...
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
3/4
percolation
Mid - oceanic ridge
17. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)
Sublimation
Surface temperature
Weight and mass
Convergent plate movements
18. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the same area - Atlanta tropical cyclone activity is generally enhanced during La Nina - Often follows the El Nino - especially when the latter is strong
La Nina
Asteroids
Convergent tectonic plates
- mT
19. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat - water - ice - and pressure
Seasons
freshwater springs
La Nina
Mechanical/physical weathering
20. A continuous drill would find gas - oil - and water in that order - The three substances occur in their order of density - with the lightest substance on top and the heaviest on the bottom
The earth's structure
California coast
Metamorphic rocks
Petroleum exploration
21. Formed from calcium carbonate - also an example of chemical sedimentary rocks - like roock salt - can contain organic or once - living matter and can record the history of that matter's formation in features such as strata - fossil evidence - and rip
Major oceans
moisture
Limestone
The earth's structure
22. Volcanoes can be caused by '____________'; these so - called hotspots - as in Hawaii - can occur far from plate boundaries
Precipitation
lower elevation
Mantle plumes
Diurnal
23. Classified as warm - water or cold - water currents
The equator
Surface ocean currents
Galaxies
Density
24. Deviates by an angle of approximately 23.5 degrees - Thus - at any given time during summer or winter - one part of the planet is more directly exposed to the rays of the sun - This exposure alternates as the earth revolves in its orbit
Axis tilt
New moon
Latitude
Volcano
25. Theory that the earth's continents were originally united as a supercontinent - Pangaea - Established by Alfred Wegener in the early 1900s
Continental drift
Tides
Cirrus clouds
Meteorology
26. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the Solar System - especially on...
Intrusive
- mP
Planets
Rocky planets and moons
27. Rocks are placed into groups according to how they form...
Minerals
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
California coast
Continental air
28. The tendency of a moving object to stay in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place - Without _______ - a planet would be pulled into the sun
Surface temperature differences
freshwater springs
Types of clouds
Inertia
29. Bbreaking along flat surfaces
Groundwater
The big bang theory of cosmology
Weather phenomena on earth
Cleavage
30. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes
Mohs' scale of hardness
Condensation
Canopy interception
freshwater
31. Travels in an orbit that is slightly elliptical (oval) - and so the distance from the sun ranges from 91.5 to 94.5 million miles - Its daily rotation deforms the earth to a flattened spheroid - with a polar radius slightly less than the equatorial ra
The earth's structure
Gravity and inertia
Scratch test
Earth
32. The evaporation of these oceans is how we get most of our __________ - and their temperature determines our climate and wind patterns
Mantle
Galactic center
Rainfall
Coral reef
33. Darkens the moon as the earth passes between it and the sun - casting a shadow on the moon - may be seen from anywhere the moon is visible - about half of the earth
Plate tectonics
Surface ocean currents
Lunar eclipse
Ways magma can form
34. Test the item against materials of known hardness; for example - use your fingernail or the graphite in a pencil to attempt to scratch the items. This process should result in assigning a relative hardness to the unknown items.
Winter solstice
Scratch test
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Tides
35. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the...
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36. The source of energy for evaporation is primarily through ___________
Plate tectonics
Solar radiation
cooling
Parallax
37. Almost all familiar weather phenomena occur in the __________ (the lower part of the atmosphere)
Mountain
Troposhere
5.6
Andromeda galaxy
38. After the moon has waxed through crescent - quarter - and gibbous phases - a ________ appears - At that time - the moon rises at sunset - and we see all of its illuminated side - Then the phase wanes gradually to another new moon
Full moon
Hydrologic cycle
Subduction zones
Minerals
39. Huge systems of stars - Milky Way is estimated to have 100 billion stars arranged in a great disk
Galaxies
World/global ocean
Major oceans
Planets
40. Zero degrees latitude - generally has a tropical climate (warm and wet); at the extreme northern and southern latitudes (polar regions) - the climate is very cold and dry
groundwater discharge
The equator
Rainfall
lower
41. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds
Law of superposition
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Scratch test
- cT
42. The degrees north or south of the equator
Latitude
Semidiurnal or diurnal
Comet
Equinoxes
43. Composed of the fragments of other types of rocks - Cover 75 to 80% of the earth's land area - Often deposited in distinct parallel layers - Weather and erosion break down other rock types into sediments - Over time - the sediments become cemented an
clouds
Tides
Sedimentary rocks
Plate tectonics
44. A land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area - with a peak - Usually produced by the movement of lithospheric plates
Types of clouds
Orogenic zones
Extrusive
Mountain
45. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity
Gravity and inertia
Smaller regions of the oceans
Deserts
larger planet
46. A major determiner of coastal climate
Smaller regions of the oceans
Convergent tectonic plates
Surface ocean temperature
Meteorology
47. Used to arrange strata in a standard order - Used to measure the amount of radioactive decay in minerals and calculate the time at which the rock formed
Sedimentary rocks
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
The geological time scale
Sun
48. Oceans cover __ of the earth's surface
Solar wind
Sedimentation
Deserts
3/4
49. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition
Uniformitarianism
groundwater discharge
Minerals
Nuclear fusion
50. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere
Law of original horizontality
Evaporation
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Sun
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