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Earth Science
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1. Any natural concentration of a valuable material in the Earth's crust & whether that material can be extracted profitably or not.
orogeny
seafloor spreading
Greenhouse Effect
mineral deposit
2. Containing moisture.
humid
metamorphic rock
triangulation
cone of depression
3. Living parts of the environment that can renew or replace themselves.
dust devil
fossil fuel
resources
renewable resources
4. 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
glaciation
beach
triangulation
5. Mercury is named after the Roman messenger of the gods. It is the closest to the Sun.
salinity
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
Mercury
chemical sedimentary rock
6. Deserts formed by blocking moisture-bearing winds with mountain barriers.
black hole
mantle
conserve
rain shadow deserts
7. The study of earthquakes & and of the structure of the Earth by both natural and artificially generated seismic waves.
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
Sun
seismology
neptune
8. Lava extruded beneath water characterized by pillow shapes.
density
Pillow Lava
abyssal plain
scour
9. Shapes & like mountains or hills that make up the Earth's surface.
Modified Mercalli Scale
outcrop
exotic river
landforms
10. A famous scientist who proposed that the Sun was the center of the solar system not the Earth. (Heliocentrism)
Copernicus & Nicholas
fold and thrust mountains
water table
conduction
11. 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.
basalt
subduction
Hadean
hemisphere
12. A seismic body wave that involves particle motion & alternating compression and expansion & in the direction of wave propagation. It is the fastest seismic wave. compare S-wave .
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
ground moraine
levees
magnetic equator
13. A permeable region of rock or soil through which ground water can move.
oal
prairie
aquifer
asthenosphere
14. A large amount of gas and dust in space & spread out in an immense volume.
loess
siltation
nebula
Pillow Lava
15. The innermost zone of Earth. It consists of two parts & an outer liquid section and an inner solid section & both chiefly of iron and nickel with about 10 percent lighter elements. It is surrounded by the mantle.
chemical sedimentary rock
sand dune
core
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
16. The line separating land and water.
Modified Mercalli Scale
chemical sediment
silicate
shoreline
17. The physical & chemical & and biological processes by which rock at or near the Earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces.
weathering
lava lake
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
solar system
18. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
viscosity
fold
groundtruthing
water table
19. The average weather conditions of an area over many years & as measured by temperature & wind speed & and precipitation.
base
abundant metal
climate
Saturn
20. Fossils formed when water containing minerals leaks into a mold. The minerals harden to form a copy of the original structure or organism.
peat
casts
suspended load
continental rise
21. A type of disintegration in which jointed rock is forced apart by the expansion of water as it freezes in fractures.
intrusive
fossil fuel
pathogen
frost wedging
22. A cyclical pattern of movement in a fluid body such as the ocean & the atmosphere & or the Earth's mantle & driven by density variations which in turn are the result of differences in temperature from one part of the fluid to another.
wave height
tectonic Plates
convection cell
fossil
23. The area immediately below the ground surface within which pore spaces are partially filled with water and partially filled with air.
transform boundary
zone of aeration
magma
elevation
24. A small & dust-bearing whirlwind.
dust devil
luster
subtropical deserts
kettle
25. Flat land covered with tall grass and wildflowers.
prairie
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
Copernicus & Nicholas
Proterozoic
26. A geometrical form taken by a mineral & giving external expression to orderly internal atomic arrangement.
back swamp
water table
triangulation
crystal
27. The attractive force between two objects; its magnitude depends on their masses and the distance between them.
orogeny
gravity
seamount
thermal spring
28. A major drainage divide separating the drainage to one ocean from another.
tell
legend
continental divide
surf
29. A measure of the size of an earthquake in terms of the damage it causes.
zone of leaching
intensity
wind farm
primary productivity
30. Deposits of wind-borne dust.
ore deposit
Mesozoic
intensity
loess
31. Any accumulation of material & by settling from water or air & chemical precipitation & evaporation from solution & etc.
deposition
storm surge
humus
water table
32. The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases.
natural resources
cave
global warming
foreshock
33. A rock changed from its original form and/or composition by heat & pressure &shearing stress & or chemically active fluids & or some combination of them.
petroleum
core
metamorphic rock
compass
34. A hole or basin cut into bedrock of a stream by the abrasive action of pebbles and sand swirled by turbulent stream flow.
terrestrial
viscosity
pothole
urban
35. A system involving continuous interaction of the solid Earth & the atmosphere & the oceans and living things.
rock
fault
Earth system
crevasse
36. A downward distortion or dimple in the water table that forms as a well pumps water faster than it can flow through the aquifer.
cone of depression
period
light-year
Pelean eruption
37. 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.
discharge
chalk
humus
secchi disk
38. Lies half way between the north and south magnetic poles.
magnetic equator
atmosphere
pyroclastic
rain shadow deserts
39. A large area with common features that set it apart from other areas.
region
delta
cinder cone
abyssal plain
40. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
nonfoliated
continental divide
stratification
sedimentary rock
41. A measure of the size of an earthquake in terms of the damage it causes.
Paleozoic
landforms
intensity
absolute time
42. The resistance of a mineral to scratching & as measured by the Mohs scale.
hardness
gemstone
chalk
mineral
43. A cyclical pattern of movement in a fluid body such as the ocean & the atmosphere & or the Earth's mantle & driven by density variations which in turn are the result of differences in temperature from one part of the fluid to another.
meander
convection cell
chemical sedimentary rock
meteoroid
44. The process of one plate descending beneath another.
Earth
solar system
subduction
transcontinental
45. Rock formed from the accumulation of sediment & Which may consist of fragments and mineral grains of varying sizes from pre-existing rocks & remains or products of animals and plants & the products of chemical action & or mixtures of these.
sedimentary rock
Greenhouse Effect
scale
hardpan
46. A plate boundary in which plates on opposite sides of the boundary move past each other in opposite directions. The San Andreas fault of California is a good example.
Earth
Cenozoic
transform boundary
glacier
47. No identifiable layers of minerals in a rock sample
nonfoliated
continental divide
rainforest
plate
48. A low & nearly flat accumulation of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or stream & commonly triangular or fan-shaped.
delta
mid-ocean ridges
tell
levees
49. Deep steep-sided depression in the ocean floor caused by the subduction of oceanic crust beneath either other oceanic crust or continental crust.
wave crest
oceanic trench
solstice
light-year
50. The level of light that penetrates through water.
zone of saturation
latitude
striations
water clarity