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1. The dust-sized & sharp-edged & glassy particles resulting from an explosive volcanic eruption.
volcanic ash
scale
hydrologic cycle
fossil fuel
2. A hydrocarbon (coal or petroleum) that can be extracted from the Earth for use as a fuel. Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources.
epicenter
cartographer
sand dune
fossil fuel
3. A study designed to collect critical data to be used for comparison or as a control in a later study.
bedrock
latitude
chalk
baseline study
4. A large & basin-shaped volcanic depression & more or less circular in form. Typically steep-sided & found at the summit of a shield volcano.
constellation
reef
intensity
caldera
5. A measure of the size of an earthquake in terms of the damage it causes.
intensity
oxbow
acid
zone of aeration
6. The portion of the continental margin that lies between the abyssal plain and the continental slope. The continental rise is underlain by crustal rocks of the ocean basin.
continental divide
continental rise
foreshock
secchi disk
7. A natural open space underground & large enough for a person to enter. Most commonly occur by the dissolution of soluble rocks & generally limestone.
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
smelting
cave
ore
8. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
drainage basin
Milky Way
back swamp
oceanic crust
9. A process by which salts accumulate in soil.
salinization
fetch
focus
inner core
10. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
zone of aeration
lava
archipelago
epicenter
11. Occurs at the intersection of the water table with the ground surface.
chalk
decomposition (chemical weathering)
erratic
spring
12. Woodland that usually gets at least 100 inches of rain each year.
intertidal zone
exotic river
Prime Meridian
rainforest
13. The theory that states that the present-day continents are the fragmented pieces of preexisting larger landmasses called supercontinents.
nutrient
Continntal Drift Theory
tidal inlet
transcontinental
14. A measure of acidity.
pH
intensity
superposition
Greenhouse Effect
15. A waste material that contaminates air & water & or soil.
equator
scale
pollutant
stratification
16. A sedimentary rock made up of chemical sediments. Example: rock salt.
back swamp
oceanic crust
chemical sedimentary rock
comet
17. Where one plate slides beneath another plate as the two are pushed together & a subduction zone.
precipitation
isthmus
convergent boundary
fault
18. He area from which a stream and its tributaries receives its water.
Sun
Prime Meridian
drainage basin
pH
19. A fracture or zone of fractures along the boundaries of tectonic plates where movement has taken place.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
fault
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
isostasy
20. Large area of extremely flat ocean floor lying near a continent and generally over 4 km in depth.
Richter scale
abyssal plain
geothermal energy
Copernicus & Nicholas
21. 1. A mass of sand & gravel & or alluvium deposited on the bed of a stream & sea & or lake & or at the mouth of a stream 2. A unit of pressure & approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
ablation
smelting
bar
dust bowl
22. The initial point within the Earth that ruptures in an earthquake & directly below the epicenter. The point within the Earth which is the center of an earthquake & at which strain energy is first released and converted to elastic wave energy.
rockslide (rock avalanche)
pH
continental divide
focus
23. Till deposited from main body of glacier during ablation.
secchi disk
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
stratum
ground moraine
24. A guide to reading a map that typically contains distance scales & arrows indicating direction & and/or explanations of symbols used.
Uranus
quarrying
legend
nebula
25. Produced as a wave steepens and falls forward as the wave nears the shore.
ozone layer
chlorophyll
creep
surf
26. The condition of equilibrium & comparable to floating & of units of the lithosphere above the asthenosphere.
breakwater
isostasy
Andromeda
sedimentary rock
27. The rise and fall of sea level caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on the Earth.
natural resources
dust devil
oceanic crust
tide
28. Living on land.
breakwater
natural resources
seismology
terrestrial
29. The distance between two successive wave crests or troughs.
specific gravity
wave length
fault
scale
30. The physical & chemical & and biological processes by which rock at or near the Earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces.
Jupiter
Mesozoic
weathering
sod
31. A coral reef attached directly to the mainland.
viscosity
primary productivity
fringing reef
streak
32. An accumulation of wind driven sand into a distinctive shape.
denudation
aquatic
sand dune
Pluto
33. A sea level change due to change in load on Earth's crust.
outer core
isostatic change in sea level
gravity
seismic gap
34. An area in which a large number of windmills have been erected to generate electrical power.
fringing reef
wind farm
hemisphere
mantle
35. Synonym of intrusive. Antonym of volcanic. Applies to igneous rocks formed beneath the surface of the Earth; typically with large crystals due to the slowness of cooling.
eustatic change in sea level
calving
plutonic
liquefaction
36. A coral reef attached directly to the mainland.
Milky Way
boundary
Hadean
fringing reef
37. An instrument that detects & magnifies & and records vibrations of the Earth & especially earthquakes.
magnetic pole
Galileo
seismograph
continent
38. The perpendicular or very steep descent of a stream.
lahar
lava
focus
waterfall
39. A deposit of partly decayed plant remains in a very wet environment; marsh or swamp deposit of plant remains containing more than 50 percent carbon.
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
chemical sedimentary rock
peat
longitude
40. A stone or boulder & glacially transported from place of origin and left in an area of different bedrock composition.
greenhouse gases
erratic
barrier beaches
secchi disk
41. The initial point within the Earth that ruptures in an earthquake & directly below the epicenter. The point within the Earth which is the center of an earthquake & at which strain energy is first released and converted to elastic wave energy.
water table
fissure eruption
constellation
focus
42. A Hawaiian term for a lava flow that has a rough & jagged surface.
soil
nutrient
aa
escarpment
43. A period of dryness & that when prolonged & causes damage to crops; a shortage of water.
convection
fissure eruption
shore
drought
44. All of space and everything in it.
universe
cleavage
Richter scale
star
45. A chuck of rock or dust in space.
quarrying
meteoroid
conduction
neptune
46. The outermost layer of the Earth & varying in thickness from about 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the oceans & to 65 kilometers (about 40 miles) below the continents; represents less than 1 percent of the Earth's volume.
escarpment
convergent boundary
continental slope
crust
47. The process of mountain building.
flood
elevation
suspension
orogeny
48. He area from which a stream and its tributaries receives its water.
drainage basin
wave crest
igneous rock
ozone layer
49. An abandoned meander .
continental shelf
oxbow
drift
Mesozoic
50. Heat extracted from the Earth for use as an power source.
breakwater
geothermal energy
ablation
denudation