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Earth Science
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1. The science that deals with the study of the planet Earth--the materials of which it is made & the processes that act to change these materials from one form to another & and the history recorded by these materials; the forces acting to deform the ou
Pangea
geology
ozone layer
cave
2. The process of removing metal from ore.
smelting
water table
karst
oceanic crust
3. The formation & advance and retreat of glaciers and the results of these activities.
meteoroid
ground water
humid
glaciation
4. A supercontinent that existed from the the end of the Permian to the Jurassic & 300 to 200 million years ago & assembled from large continents like Euramerica & Gondwana & and Siberia & as well as smaller landmasses like the Cathaysian and Cimmerian
continental divide
ozone layer
rockfall
Pangea
5. The very small particles of dirt & soot & and other pollutants that are present in the air.
density
gemstone
particulate air pollution
clast
6. In a stream & the volume of water passing through a channel in a given time.
discharge
foreshock
pothole
glaciation
7. A type of volcanic eruption characterized by nuees ardentes and the development of lava domes.
karst
cone of depression
Pelean eruption
exotic river
8. The processes of weathering by which physical actions such as frost wedging break down a rock into fragments & involving no chemical change.
wave trough
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
ground water
dust bowl
9. 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.
nutrient
Earth system
neptune
swash and back wash
10. The closest star to Earth besides the sun. It is approximately 4 light years away.
Proxima Centauri
vesicle
salinity
era
11. Any form of water & such as rain & sleet & or snow & that falls to Earth's surface.
precipitation
geology
aquatic
neptune
12. A system that uses a constellation of 24 satellites & their ground stations & and individual GPS receivers to accurately locate points on Earth.
gravity
drought
Global Positioning System (GPS)
wind farm
13. 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.
transform boundary
precipitation
levees
swells
14. Flat land covered with tall grass and wildflowers.
abundant metal
prairie
striations
rock cycle
15. A substance that produces negatively charged hydroxide ions ( OH- ) in water and reacts with acids to form salts.
magnetic polarity
aquatic
base
volcano
16. An area subject to dust storms & especially south central United States .
Prime Meridian
dust bowl
scale
crust
17. An artificial hill formed by the debris of successive human settlements.
wind farm
subduction
tell
ozone depletion
18. Where two plates are moving in opposite directions as in a mid-ocean ridge.
ice sheet
stormwater runoff
volcanic ash
divergent boundary
19. Mountains & characterized by extensive folding and thrust faulting & that form at convergent plate boundaries on continents.
fold and thrust mountains
epicenter
pathogen
fluctuate
20. The explosion of a dying giant or supergiant star.
magma
nova -- (Supernova)
channelization
intertidal zone
21. Distance over which wave-forming winds blow.
fetch
wave length
acid
jetty
22. A group of stars that appear to make a pattern in the sky. The Big Dipper is a constellation.
absolute time
basaltic
crystal
constellation
23. A large & basin-shaped volcanic depression & more or less circular in form. Typically steep-sided & found at the summit of a shield volcano.
cleavage
caldera
strip mining
karst
24. The upper horizons in a soil & through which gravitational moisture travels & removing soluble decomposition products.
universe
era
longitude
zone of leaching
25. A narrow & steep-walled depression in the ocean floor & much deeper than the adjacent ocean and associated with a subduction zone.
trench
floodplain
shoreline
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
26. Deposition of fine mineral particles (silt) on the beds of streams or lakes.
pH
Copernicus & Nicholas
siltation
denudation
27. Lies half way between the north and south magnetic poles.
reservoir rock
magnetic equator
wave crest
exotic river
28. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
stratification
lava flood (plateau basalt)
streak
ore
29. 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.
Greenhouse Effect
tell
convection cell
continent
30. A zone in the Earth between 400 and 670 km below the surface separating the upper mantle from the lower mantle.
rift (graben)
basalt
mesosphere
oceanic crust
31. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
pH
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
subduction zone
archipelago
32. A supercontinent that existed from the Jurassic to Early Tertiary after splitting from Pangea; composed of Laurentia & Baltica & Avalonia & (modern North America & Scandinavia & Greenland & Western and Central Europe); eventually fragmented into Eur
boundary
Laurasia
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
terrestrial
33. 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.
Uranus
Sun
pyroclastic
reef
34. The internal resistance to flow in a liquid.
viscosity
zone of aeration
density
peat
35. To wash or scrub away.
basaltic
Copernicus & Nicholas
pothole
scour
36. A broad & mound-like mass of glacier ice that usually spreads radially outward from a central zone.
reservoir rock
biogenic sedimentary rock
ice sheet
prairie
37. Any of various minerals prized for beauty & durability & and rarity. A few noncrystalline materials of organic origin (e.g. & pearl & red coral & and amber) also are classified as gemstones.
gemstone
seismograph
wave height
exotic river
38. Mars is named after the Roman god of war. It is the fourth planet from the Sun.
steppe
pipe
observator
Mars
39. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
inner core
divergent boundary
clast
secchi disk
40. A naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a well-defined chemical composition and in which atoms are arranged in an ordered fashion.
Pangea
zone of aeration
mineral
satellite
41. A sedimentary rock made up of chemical sediments. Example: rock salt.
natural resources
archipelago
atoll
chemical sedimentary rock
42. A substance that produces positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water.
acid
Earth
climate
moon
43. Surficial mining & in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overlying rock or soil.
wind farm
Sun
open pit mining
sinkhole
44. A detailed mathematical description of the cause-and-effect relationships between events that can be used to predict or explain other such events.
tell
steppe
scientific model
ice sheet
45. A detailed mathematical description of the cause-and-effect relationships between events that can be used to predict or explain other such events.
flash flood
scientific model
inertia
aftershock
46. The line separating land and water.
greenhouse gases
shoreline
flash flood
salinization
47. The process by which building stone & usually in blocks or sheets & is extracted from the Earth. radiation -- (Electromagnetic radiation) -- energy that travels through space in the form of waves without the intervention of matter & as in the transp
stratum
quarrying
basin
extrusive
48. Flat land covered with tall grass and wildflowers.
chalk
dust devil
Proterozoic
prairie
49. Refers to rock or sediments made up primarily of broken fragments of pre-existing rocks or minerals.
ground moraine
Proxima Centauri
elevation
clastic
50. The color of a mineral in its powdered form obtained from scraping a sample on a ceramic plate
biogenic sediment
streak
triangulation
siltation