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Earth Science
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1. Uranus is named after the Roman god of the sky. It is the seventh planet from the Sun.
secchi disk
absolute time
pH
Uranus
2. Saturn is named after the Roman god of the harvest. It is the sixth planet from the Sun.
Saturn
magnetic pole
shoreline
solar system
3. The process by which ocean floors spread laterally from crests of main ocean ridges. As material moves laterally from the ridge & new material replaces it along the ridge crest by welling upward from the mantle.
seafloor spreading
viscosity
pyroclastic
nutrient
4. A roughly circular reef with an occasional small & low & coral sand island surrounding a shallow lagoon.
observator
Mars
atoll
anemometer
5. An isolated & steep-sided & rocky mass or island just offshore from a rocky headland & usually on a shore platform.
wave length
deflation
eustatic change in sea level
seastack
6. The study of earthquakes & and of the structure of the Earth by both natural and artificially generated seismic waves.
seismology
erratic
convection cell
wind farm
7. Woodland that usually gets at least 100 inches of rain each year.
rainforest
fetch
Global Positioning System (GPS)
steppe
8. A large & basin-shaped volcanic depression & more or less circular in form. Typically steep-sided & found at the summit of a shield volcano.
caldera
crust
Gondwana
secchi disk
9. The area immediately below the ground surface within which pore spaces are partially filled with water and partially filled with air.
Modified Mercalli Scale
zone of aeration
basaltic
plate
10. 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.
focus
Mesozoic
current speed
striations
11. A hydrocarbon (coal or petroleum) that can be extracted from the Earth for use as a fuel. Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources.
fossil fuel
acid
strip mining
lava lake
12. Reduction of pore space between individual particles as the result of overlying sediments or of tectonic movements.
seismic gap
streak
compaction
landforms
13. Surficial mining & in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overlying rock or soil.
ore deposit
arid
swash and back wash
open pit mining
14. Verifying assessments made from satellite data by doing direct & 'on-the ground' measurements.
groundtruthing
observator
suspended load
volcanic
15. The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
aftershock
equinox
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
gemstone
16. A sedimentary rock composed primarily of biogenic sediments.
biogenic sedimentary rock
island arc
oxbow
weathering
17. Any seismic wave that travels through the body of Earth & rather than along its surface.
dust devil
wind farm
fossil
body wave
18. Mars is named after the Roman god of war. It is the fourth planet from the Sun.
Mars
plate tectonics
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
shoreline
19. The environment where a particular plant or animal is normally found.
habitat
zone of saturation
archipelago
Proterozoic
20. A region of high heat flow on the Earth's surface & thought to lie above a mantle plume .
cinder cone
hot spot
oxbow
divergent boundary
21. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
acid
volcanic ash
conserve
convection cell
22. Saturn is named after the Roman god of the harvest. It is the sixth planet from the Sun.
salinity
stratification
asteroid
Saturn
23. The zones of seismic activity long which plates are in contact.
petroleum
continental rise
plate boundaries
glaciation
24. The rise and fall of sea level caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on the Earth.
metamorphic rock
prairie
tide
Pelean eruption
25. To wash or scrub away.
scour
continental crust
secchi disk
granitic
26. The formation & advance and retreat of glaciers and the results of these activities.
inertia
water clarity
glaciation
comet
27. A natural depression in the surface of the land caused by the collapse of the roof of a cavern or subterranean passage & generally occurring in limestone regions.
lava flood (plateau basalt)
oceanic crust
sinkhole
lava flood (plateau basalt)
28. The solid innermost part of the core with a diameter of a little over 1 &200 km.
inner core
crust
ground water
wave trough
29. (Greek-Aphrodite)named after the Roman goddess of love. It is the planet closest in size to Earth and the second planted from the Sun.
convection
Venus
Hadean
ozone
30. The persistence of wind-formed waves after wind ceases.
swells
atmosphere
meander
terrestrial
31. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
surf
drainage basin
caldera
stratification
32. Gases (primarily water and carbon dioxide & but also a variety of sulfur and nitrogen compounds and gaseous hydrocarbons) that trap the Sun's heat in the atmosphere.
clastic
greenhouse gases
continental rise
continental slope
33. A sharp bend & loop or turn in a stream's course. When abandoned & it is called a meander scar or an oxbow.
Hadean
creep
erosion
meander
34. The process of mountain building.
striations
orogeny
rock cycle
outcrop
35. A spring whose temperature is 6.5o C or more above mean annual air temperature.
thermal spring
reef
volcanic ash
flash flood
36. A coral reef attached directly to the mainland.
continental rise
fringing reef
sod
Galileo
37. The zone below the zone of aeration in which all pore spaces are filled with water.
water table
zone of saturation
Mercury
crystal
38. Igneous. Antonym of intrusive. Synonym of volcanic. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed from lava released on the Earth's surface.
extrusive
Proterozoic
isthmus
superposition
39. The outermost part of the core. It is liquid & about 1 &700 km thick & and separated from the inner & solid core by a transition zone about 565 km thick.
fossil fuel
Modified Mercalli Scale
outer core
geothermal energy
40. A sea wave produced by any large-scale & short duration disturbance on the seafloor & commonly a shallow submarine earthquake but possibly also a submarine slide or volcanic eruption.
groove
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
comet
cleavage
41. Living on land.
seismic gap
seafloor spreading
terrestrial
foreshock
42. A volcanic mountain on the seafloor. If flat-topped & it is a guyot.
continent
seamount
anemometer
desertification
43. A coral reef separated from the mainland by a lagoon.
convection
lithosphere
Cenozoic
barrier reef
44. Geologic time expressed in years before the present.
scour
column
mineral deposit
absolute time
45. A collection of maps.
atlas
water table
sand dune
wave length
46. The top of a wave.
wave crest
Gondwana
region
fringing reef
47. A reverse fault on which the dip angle of the fault plane is 15 degrees or less.
thrust fault
Sun
spring
metamorphic rock
48. The generally dark & more or less stable part of the organic matter in a soil & so well decomposed that the original sources cannot be identified.
shoreline
seismograph
humus
stratum
49. The relationship between distances in the area being mapped and distances in the map itself.
scale
tell
Copernicus & Nicholas
ground moraine
50. As applied to glacier ice & the process by which ice below the snow line is wasted by evaporation and melting.
scour
ablation
lava lake
black smoker