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Earth Science
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1. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
lithosphere
Paleozoic
Richter scale
archipelago
2. The principle that states the processes operating to change the Earth in the present also operated in the past.
tide
Uniformitarianism
gravity
thermal spring
3. 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.
abundant metal
cementation
axis
neptune
4. The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
lithosphere
strip mining
Mesozoic
shoreline
5. A narrow & elongate region in which one lithospheric plate descends relative to another.
subduction zone
tidal delta
shore
rockslide (rock avalanche)
6. An instrument that merely indicates the occurrence of an earthquake.
plutonic
hemisphere
seismoscope
abyssal plain
7. Turbulent stream water flow down a steep gradient & but not as steep as in a waterfall.
rapids
spring
Phanerozoic
seismoscope
8. The low spot between two successive waves.
dust bowl
wave trough
epicenter
lava flood (plateau basalt)
9. Soil conditions prevailing in area whose mean annual temperature is 0o C.
continent
permafrost
Global Positioning System (GPS)
fissure eruption
10. 1. A steep-walled & usually conical depression at the summit or on the flanks of a volcano & resulting from the explosive ejection of material from a vent. 2. A bowl-shaped depression with a raised & overturned rim produced by the impact of a meteori
crater
column
Saturn
oal
11. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
stratification
eclipse
transcontinental
chemical sediment
12. 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'.
Proterozoic
seamount
you-shaped valley
scale
13. The remains of an extremely massive star pulled into a small volume by the force of gravity.
fissure eruption
black hole
urban
rainforest
14. A system involving continuous interaction of the solid Earth & the atmosphere & the oceans and living things.
Precambrian
inertia
Earth system
oxbow lake
15. A coral reef attached directly to the mainland.
Earth system
geologic time scale
eclipse
fringing reef
16. A zone in the Earth between 400 and 670 km below the surface separating the upper mantle from the lower mantle.
mesosphere
Mercury
you-shaped valley
rainforest
17. The chronological sequence of units of Earth time.
geologic time scale
Proxima Centauri
drought
scale
18. Scratches & or small channels & gouged by glacier action. Occur on boulders & pebbles & and bedrock. Striations along bedrock indicate direction of ice movement.
tectonic Plates
Hale-Bopp
striations
deposition
19. The reserves of a valuable mineral commodity plus all other mineral deposits that may eventually become available & even those that are presumed to exist but have not yet been discovered and those that are not economically or technologically exploita
resources
period
foreshock
wave trough
20. Any seismic wave that travels through the body of Earth & rather than along its surface.
pollutant
Pangea
spring
body wave
21. Refers to rock or sediments made up primarily of broken fragments of pre-existing rocks or minerals.
soil
atmosphere
clastic
comet
22. Pertaining to clastic material formed by volcanic explosion or aerial expulsion from a volcanic vent.
pyroclastic
secchi disk
zone of aeration
outer core
23. A flat & dry plain covered with short grass.
quarrying
ozone layer
eclipse
steppe
24. The explosion of a dying giant or supergiant star.
lithification
volcanic
nova -- (Supernova)
Phanerozoic
25. Verifying assessments made from satellite data by doing direct & 'on-the ground' measurements.
baseline study
soil
groundtruthing
clast
26. The remains of an extremely massive star pulled into a small volume by the force of gravity.
Proterozoic
swash and back wash
black hole
superposition
27. An artificial hill formed by the debris of successive human settlements.
casts
nutrient
tell
foliated
28. A mound or ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
pollutant
solstice
moraine
trench
29. The tectonic region in which two plates meet.
karst
boundary
elevation
erosion
30. A waterway from open ocean into a lagoon.
frost wedging
thrust fault
tidal inlet
stratification
31. The very small particles of dirt & soot & and other pollutants that are present in the air.
atlas
hemisphere
Laurasia
particulate air pollution
32. The effect of water and carbon dioxide absorbing outgoing infrared radiation & raising a system's temperature. The term is generally used with reference to the Earth's temperature & although it can also be applied to other systems & such as greenhous
desertification
levees
isthmus
Greenhouse Effect
33. Lies half way between the north and south magnetic poles.
Jupiter
magnetic equator
oceanic trench
particulate air pollution
34. Where one plate slides beneath another plate as the two are pushed together & a subduction zone.
convergent boundary
caldera
barrier beaches
you-shaped valley
35. Occurs at the intersection of the water table with the ground surface.
water clarity
spring
arch
mineral deposit
36. Heat extracted from the Earth for use as an power source.
geothermal energy
suspension
chalk
marine Chronometer
37. A curved belt of volcanic islands lying above a subduction zone.
anemometer
island arc
hemisphere
compass
38. Produced as a wave steepens and falls forward as the wave nears the shore.
sand dune
levees
surf
epicenter
39. 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.
exotic river
conduction
greenhouse gases
sandstorm
40. An aggregate of one or more minerals in varying proportions.
rock
solar system
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
magnitude
41. Any natural concentration of a valuable material in the Earth's crust & whether that material can be extracted profitably or not.
conduction
lava lake
greenhouse gases
mineral deposit
42. A substance that produces positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water.
breakwater
sextant
acid
geyser
43. A giant structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars.
intertidal zone
vesicle
galaxy
igneous rock
44. A sea level change due to change in load on Earth's crust.
isostatic change in sea level
sinkhole
moraine
observator
45. The environment where a particular plant or animal is normally found.
habitat
foreshock
focus
quarrying
46. A ridge of high water associated with a hurricane and which floods over the shore .
galaxy
storm surge
compass Rose
chemical sedimentary rock
47. Surficial mining & in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overlying rock or soil.
ecosystem
thermal spring
open pit mining
barrier reef
48. The top of a wave.
wave crest
rift (graben)
glaciation
gemstone
49. Long narrow beaches separated in many places from the mainland by lagoons.
water table
eclipse
barrier beaches
zone of aeration
50. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
terrestrial
lava dome
pollutant
stratification