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1. Lies half way between the north and south magnetic poles.
marine Chronometer
wave trough
magnetic equator
permafrost
2. A time of unusual winds and currents in the Pacific Ocean . El Nino generally causes warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures and increased rainfall and storm activity.
snow line
smelting
ground moraine
El Nino
3. Extending across a continent.
transcontinental
pahoehoe
wave height
rock
4. Woodland that usually gets at least 100 inches of rain each year.
atlas
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
convection
rainforest
5. A sedimentary rock composed primarily of biogenic sediments.
basaltic
seastack
biogenic sedimentary rock
floodplain
6. A mudflow composed chiefly of pyroclastic material on the flanks of a volcano.
exotic river
triangulation
lahar
subtropical deserts
7. The internal resistance to flow in a liquid.
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
viscosity
stratification
ground moraine
8. The elevation at which snow persists throughout the year.
nebula
geology
snow line
magnetic polarity
9. The way in which a rock or mineral breaks in random patterns rather than cleaving
aa
swells
magnetic equator
fracture
10. The distance light travels through a vacuum in one year.
nova -- (Supernova)
convection cell
light-year
solstice
11. The first scientist to make systematic use of the telescope in looking at the heavens.
prairie
solstice
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
Galileo
12. Deposits of wind-borne dust.
lava
marine Chronometer
loess
inertia
13. Either the northern or southern half of the Earth as divided by the equator & or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian.
constellation
latitude
hemisphere
geyser
14. A landscape that develops from the action of ground water in areas of easily soluble rocks. It is usually characterized by caves & underground drainage and sinkholes.
Uranus
karst
gravity
stratification
15. Living in water.
aquatic
fetch
Paleozoic
nebula
16. Highly mafic igneous volcanic rock & typically fine-grained and dark in color; rough volcanic equivalent of gabbro. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock in the Earth's crust.
basalt
soil
Copernicus & Nicholas
mineral
17. The very small particles of dirt & soot & and other pollutants that are present in the air.
desertification
rain shadow deserts
particulate air pollution
inner core
18. Destruction of the ozone layer caused by the release of CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons) into the atmosphere which react chemically with ozone and break it down into different gases.
you-shaped valley
convergent boundary
ozone depletion
isostatic change in sea level
19. No identifiable layers of minerals in a rock sample
Richter scale
nonfoliated
Galileo
rainforest
20. A detailed mathematical description of the cause-and-effect relationships between events that can be used to predict or explain other such events.
scientific model
latitude
constellation
foreshock
21. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
observator
Milky Way
drought
body wave
22. All of space and everything in it.
universe
gravity
compass Rose
tide
23. A curved belt of volcanic islands lying above a subduction zone.
specific gravity
island arc
basalt
transform boundary
24. A collection of maps.
atlas
drainage divide
Gondwana
primary productivity
25. A waterway from open ocean into a lagoon.
oxbow lake
tidal inlet
continental divide
fjord
26. Lava extruded beneath water characterized by pillow shapes.
Paleozoic
continental shelf
kettle
Pillow Lava
27. A process of erosion in which wind carries off particles of dust and sand.
siltation
deflation
rain shadow deserts
mid-ocean ridges
28. An era of time during the Phanerozoic eon lasting from 245 million years ago to 66.4 million ago.
Richter scale
Mesozoic
solar system
volcanic
29. The condition of equilibrium & comparable to floating & of units of the lithosphere above the asthenosphere.
basaltic
isostasy
nonfoliated
channelization
30. A ball of ice and dust & whose orbit is a long & narrow ellipse.
storm surge
comet
beach
stratum
31. A large volume of dust-sized particles lifted high into the atmosphere.
wave trough
dust storm
atmosphere
runoff
32. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
lahar
volcanic ash
granitic
conserve
33. Named after the Roman god of the sea. It is the eighth planet from the Sun.
neptune
smelting
black smoker
continental rise
34. The process of one plate descending beneath another.
spring
subduction
thrust fault
extrusive
35. Deserts formed by blocking moisture-bearing winds with mountain barriers.
geology
rain shadow deserts
transcontinental
siltation
36. A substance that produces positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water.
acid
legend
geothermal energy
atlas
37. The uprush of a wave onto the beach followed by the return flow of the water down the beach slope in the intervals between waves.
Earth
stalagmite
fracture
swash and back wash
38. Fossils formed when water containing minerals leaks into a mold. The minerals harden to form a copy of the original structure or organism.
thermal spring
casts
granitic
climate
39. The process by which a binding & or cementing & agent is precipitated in spaces among individual particles of a deposit. Common cementing agents are calcite & quartz & and dolomite.
erratic
legend
wave crest
cementation
40. A molecule composed of three atoms of oxygen and mostly found in the stratosphere. Though beneficial in the upper atmosphere & at ground level & ozone is called photochemical smog & and is a respiratory irritant and considered a pollutant.
groove
ozone
period
nautical mile
41. A geometrical form taken by a mineral & giving external expression to orderly internal atomic arrangement.
inertia
epoch
Proxima Centauri
crystal
42. Living in water.
aquatic
reservoir rock
lava lake
fold
43. The top of a wave.
wave crest
star
drainage basin
Mesozoic
44. A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer.
rainforest
decomposition (chemical weathering)
acid rain
telescope
45. That portion of the resources for a valuable mineral commodity that can be extracted from the Earth at a profit today.
magnetic pole
oxbow
groundtruthing
reserves
46. Flat land covered with tall grass and wildflowers.
siltation
prairie
legend
ozone layer
47. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
quarrying
snow line
transform boundary
coast
48. A curved belt of volcanic islands lying above a subduction zone.
salinity
island arc
kettle
Richter scale
49. A large amount of gas and dust in space & spread out in an immense volume.
nebula
collisional Boundary
convergent boundary
kettle
50. The way in which a rock or mineral breaks in random patterns rather than cleaving
fracture
pothole
tectonic Plates
Mars