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1. The two days of the year on which the noon sun is directly overhead at either 23.5
boundary
Precambrian
solstice
epoch
2. A river that is able to maintain its flow through a desert because of water received from outside the desert.
peat
seafloor spreading
continental rise
exotic river
3. The transformation of a soil from a solid to a liquid state as the result of increased pore pressure.
flood
fissure eruption
desertification
liquefaction
4. A waterway from open ocean into a lagoon.
oxbow lake
tidal inlet
fossil fuel
desertification
5. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
asteroid
flood
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
6. An era of time during the Phanerozoic eon lasting from 245 million years ago to 66.4 million ago.
basin
Mesozoic
isthmus
quarrying
7. Geologic time expressed in years before the present.
exotic river
region
fossil
absolute time
8. The first scientist to make systematic use of the telescope in looking at the heavens.
era
plain
Galileo
salinity
9. Jupiter is named after the Roman king of the gods. It is the fifth planet from the Sun.
mineral deposit
seismograph
Jupiter
moraine
10. Woodland that usually gets at least 100 inches of rain each year.
Uniformitarianism
Milky Way
rainforest
eustatic change in sea level
11. A coral reef separated from the mainland by a lagoon.
biogenic sediment
universe
conduction
barrier reef
12. A fracture or zone of fractures along the boundaries of tectonic plates where movement has taken place.
aquatic
fault
you-shaped valley
constellation
13. A commonly used measure of earthquake magnitude & based on a logarithmic scale. Each integral step on the scale represents a tenfold increase in the extent of ground shaking & as recorded on a seismograph.
eustatic change in sea level
pollutant
Richter scale
dust bowl
14. The dust-sized & sharp-edged & glassy particles resulting from an explosive volcanic eruption.
continental crust
ore deposit
steppe
volcanic ash
15. A mound or ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
fracture
nova -- (Supernova)
specific gravity
moraine
16. A narrow strip of land that has water on either side and connects two larger bodies of water.
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
biogenic sedimentary rock
reservoir rock
isthmus
17. A volcano in the shape of a flattened cone & broad and low & built by very fluid flows of basaltic lava.
universe
shield volcano
period
Milky Way
18. The concept of a sequence of events involving the formation & alteration & destruction and reformation of rocks as a result of geologic processes.
rock cycle
glacier
Paleozoic
rockslide (rock avalanche)
19. Lava extruded beneath water characterized by pillow shapes.
crater
Pillow Lava
Greenhouse Effect
lava lake
20. 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 .
ground water
compression fossil
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
basin
21. The concept of a sequence of events involving the formation & alteration & destruction and reformation of rocks as a result of geologic processes.
strip mining
drainage divide
rock cycle
flood
22. Woodland that usually gets at least 100 inches of rain each year.
rainforest
fluctuate
stalagmite
groundtruthing
23. Bent rock strata.
floodplain
fold
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
current speed
24. The presence of layers in some rocks caused by parallel alignment of minerals.
Proxima Centauri
trench
intertidal zone
foliated
25. Distance over which wave-forming winds blow.
rockslide (rock avalanche)
channelization
fetch
zone of aeration
26. An era of geologic time lasting from 570 to 245 million years ago.
Paleozoic
nutrient
foliated
cartographer
27. Enormous & thick sheets of rock that are part of the Earth's upper mantle that move and adjoin each other along zones of seismic activity. Many tectonic plates extend underneath both continents and sea floor.
tectonic Plates
you-shaped valley
mineral
breakwater
28. Sediments produced directly by the life processes of plants or animals.
kettle
continental shelf
biogenic sediment
glacier
29. Occurs at the intersection of the water table with the ground surface.
caldera
rift (graben)
spring
aftershock
30. Shapes & like mountains or hills that make up the Earth's surface.
landforms
thrust fault
wave crest
rift (graben)
31. A lake in an abandoned meander.
granitic
Andromeda
oxbow lake
Copernicus & Nicholas
32. An instrument that detects & magnifies & and records vibrations of the Earth & especially earthquakes.
seismograph
cleavage
cinder cone
aa
33. A conical volcano formed by the accumulation of pyroclastic debris around a vent.
cinder cone
pollutant
sinkhole
bar
34. The precipitation that runs directly off the surface to stream or body of standing water.
weathering
runoff
habitat
lithosphere
35. 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
casts
atmosphere
Greenhouse Effect
isthmus
36. A natural depression in the surface of the land caused by the collapse of the roof of a cavern or subterranean passage & generally occurring in limestone regions.
mid-ocean ridges
sinkhole
Pluto
renewable resources
37. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
marine Chronometer
salinity
ground water
oxbow
38. A narrow strip of land that has water on either side and connects two larger bodies of water.
isthmus
boundary
wave crest
convection cell
39. The low spot between two successive waves.
kettle
wave trough
archipelago
watershed
40. Where two plates collide to form mountains.
absolute time
collisional Boundary
aa
superposition
41. Any accumulation of material & by settling from water or air & chemical precipitation & evaporation from solution & etc.
chemical sedimentary rock
foreshock
deposition
pothole
42. A glaciated valley now flooded by the sea.
fjord
stalagmite
seafloor spreading
abundant metal
43. An area subject to dust storms & especially south central United States .
dust bowl
terrestrial
continental crust
barrier reef
44. A guide to reading a map that typically contains distance scales & arrows indicating direction & and/or explanations of symbols used.
fringing reef
legend
atmosphere
oceanic crust
45. Soil conditions prevailing in area whose mean annual temperature is 0o C.
peat
crater
permafrost
oxbow lake
46. Till deposited from main body of glacier during ablation.
sediment
drainage divide
reserves
ground moraine
47. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
water table
outer core
lahar
wave length
48. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
shield volcano
spring
eclipse
continent
49. Long narrow beaches separated in many places from the mainland by lagoons.
barrier beaches
zone of leaching
Prime Meridian
Mercury
50. A rock that has crystallized from a molten state.
aquifer
igneous rock
permafrost
scour