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1. Turbulent stream water flow down a steep gradient & but not as steep as in a waterfall.
cleavage
gravity
rapids
rain shadow deserts
2. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
specific gravity
Mesozoic
conserve
clastic
3. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
landforms
crust
swash and back wash
stratification
4. A general term for a relatively hard layer of soil at or just below the ground surface & cemented by silica & iron oxide & calcium carbonate & or organic matter.
elevation
solstice
hardpan
crust
5. An area of land that delivers runoff water & sediment & and dissolved substances to surface water bodies & such as rivers or lakes. All watersheds consist of boundaries & a basin and collection areas.
watershed
humus
observator
mantle
6. A large volume of dust-sized particles lifted high into the atmosphere.
orogeny
trench
dust storm
reef
7. Formed when an organism is flattened (compressed) and a thin film of organic material from its body is left in the rock.
pipe
isthmus
collisional Boundary
compression fossil
8. An accumulation of wind driven sand into a distinctive shape.
sand dune
Phanerozoic
volcanic ash
icecap
9. A statement of relative age in layered rocks: In a series of sedimentary rocks that has not been overturned & the topmost layer is always the youngest and the bottommost layer is always the oldest.
superposition
karst
petroleum
Copernicus & Nicholas
10. Shapes & like mountains or hills that make up the Earth's surface.
landforms
Pillow Lava
liquefaction
humid
11. Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude lines extend vertically & from pole to pole on a globe.
geyser
rainforest
Paleozoic
longitude
12. Deposits of wind-borne dust.
seismograph
loess
salinization
wave trough
13. A valley carved by glacier erosion and whose cross-valley profile has steep sides and a nearly flat floor & suggestive of a large letter 'you'.
you-shaped valley
solar system
fold
Pangea
14. 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.
arid
peat
magnetic pole
water clarity
15. A large ridge or mound-like structure within a body of water that is built by calcareous organisms such as corals & red algae & and bivalves.
particulate air pollution
reef
stormwater runoff
greenhouse gases
16. The region of a shore that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.
intertidal zone
ground water
storm surge
estuary
17. Plutonic. Antonym of extrusive. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed by the emplacement of magma in pre-existing rocks.
intrusive
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
column
hardpan
18. (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.
Jupiter
Venus
zone of aeration
wave height
19. Deep steep-sided depression in the ocean floor caused by the subduction of oceanic crust beneath either other oceanic crust or continental crust.
fold
magnetic polarity
flood
oceanic trench
20. The green pigment in the cells of many plants that enables them to use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates in the process called photosynthesis.
cone of depression
chlorophyll
cartographer
steppe
21. An era of geologic time lasting from 570 to 245 million years ago.
waterfall
continental slope
conserve
Paleozoic
22. The sudden fall of one or more large pieces of a rock from a cliff.
longitude
rockfall
intrusive
moraine
23. A delta formed at both sides of a tidal inlet.
fissure eruption
axis
tidal delta
landforms
24. A steep or vertical cliff & either above or below sea level.
Precambrian
escarpment
shoreline
tell
25. Property possessed by certain rocks of breaking with relative ease along parallel planes or nearly parallel surfaces in their crystal structures where the bonds are weakest.
estuary
Richter scale
oceanic trench
cleavage
26. A measure of the strength of an earthquake based on the amount of movement recorded by a seismograph . compare Richter scale.
magnitude
groove
karst
baseline study
27. A waste material that contaminates air & water & or soil.
magnetic equator
pollutant
epoch
reservoir rock
28. An artificial hill formed by the debris of successive human settlements.
tell
orogeny
fetch
black hole
29. A Hawaiian term for a lava flow that has a rough & jagged surface.
aa
resources
groove
gravity
30. The geologic eon lying between the Archean and Phanerozoic eons & beginning about 2.5 billion years ago and ending about 0.57 billion years ago.
island arc
Laurasia
axis
Proterozoic
31. A curved belt of volcanic islands lying above a subduction zone.
island arc
rain shadow deserts
body wave
longitude
32. Materials that are found in nature that are useful or necessary for people to live.
natural resources
deposition
drift
plate
33. The very small particles of dirt & soot & and other pollutants that are present in the air.
flash flood
mesosphere
icecap
particulate air pollution
34. In a stream & the volume of water passing through a channel in a given time.
tectonic Plates
silicate
magnetic polarity
discharge
35. The speed at which water flows.
drainage basin
current speed
drift
Saturn
36. The areas of & in & or constituting a city.
delta
urban
secchi disk
ecosystem
37. All unconsolidated materials above bedrock. Natural earthy materials on the Earth's surface & in places modified or even made by human activity & containing living matter & and supporting or capable of supporting plants out of doors.
salinity
groin
snow line
soil
38. Iron & aluminum & magnesium & manganese & and titanium. Ores of the abundant metals only need to be 3 - 5 times as metal-rich as average rock.
abundant metal
biogenic sedimentary rock
erratic
Sun
39. Deposits of wind-borne dust.
loess
till (unstratified drift)
tide
bar
40. The arrangement of rock units in the proper chronological order from youngest to oldest.
kettle
legend
igneous rock
geologic column
41. In a stream & the volume of water passing through a channel in a given time.
continental divide
legend
discharge
lahar
42. The physical & chemical & and biological processes by which rock at or near the Earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces.
geothermal energy
weathering
convergent boundary
eon
43. A Hawaiian term for a lava flow that has a rough & jagged surface.
dust devil
fold and thrust mountains
permafrost
aa
44. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the Underworld. No longer considered a planet.
Phanerozoic
Pluto
Mars
convection cell
45. A fracture or zone of fractures along the boundaries of tectonic plates where movement has taken place.
greenhouse gases
viscosity
Hale-Bopp
fault
46. Produced as a wave steepens and falls forward as the wave nears the shore.
humid
Global Positioning System (GPS)
compaction
surf
47. A layer of sedimentary rock; plural is strata.
igneous rock
body wave
Jupiter
stratum
48. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
zone of aeration
telescope
crust
archipelago
49. A major drainage divide separating the drainage to one ocean from another.
magnetic pole
thrust fault
continental divide
siltation
50. Applies to igneous rocks that cool on the surface of the Earth & including beneath water; typically with small crystals due to the rapidity of cooling. Synonym of extrusive. Antonym of plutonic.
fold
volcanic
atmosphere
snow line
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