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1. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
biogenic sediment
lava
coast
till (unstratified drift)
2. A sedimentary rock composed primarily of biogenic sediments.
Jupiter
biogenic sedimentary rock
star
comet
3. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
geology
Pluto
bedrock
flood
4. Forms along a coast as wave erosion cuts through a headland.
Phanerozoic
liquefaction
Uniformitarianism
arch
5. The chronological sequence of units of Earth time.
ore
casts
till (unstratified drift)
geologic time scale
6. A major drainage divide separating the drainage to one ocean from another.
asteroid
seismology
kettle
continental divide
7. The upper horizons in a soil & through which gravitational moisture travels & removing soluble decomposition products.
runoff
quarrying
zone of leaching
flood
8. A rigid segment of the Earth's lithosphere that moves horizontally and adjoins other plates along zones of seismic activity. Plates may include portions of both continents and ocean basins.
abundant metal
plate
Andromeda
frost wedging
9. A sea wave produced by any large-scale & short duration disturbance on the seafloor & commonly a shallow submarine earthquake but possibly also a submarine slide or volcanic eruption.
glacier
ground moraine
caldera
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
10. A steep or vertical cliff & either above or below sea level.
crater
erosion
petroleum
escarpment
11. The most recent eon of geologic time beginning 570 million years ago and continuing to the present.
eustatic change in sea level
Phanerozoic
nebula
plate boundaries
12. A chuck of rock or dust in space.
rift (graben)
meteoroid
compass Rose
arch
13. Ratio between weight of given volume of material and weight of equal volume of pure water.
anemometer
tectonic Plates
cartographer
specific gravity
14. An icicle-shaped accumulation of dripstone hanging from cave roof.
Uranus
stalactite
satellite
nonfoliated
15. The processes of weathering by which physical actions such as frost wedging break down a rock into fragments & involving no chemical change.
lithification
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
longitude
ore deposit
16. Of or relating to or containing basalt & a dark & dense & extrusive rock that has a silica content of 40% to 50% and makes up most of the ocean floor.
nautical mile
shoreline
basaltic
hardpan
17. The elevation at which snow persists throughout the year.
snow line
stalagmite
Venus
plate
18. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
water table
Milky Way
isthmus
drift
19. The concept of a sequence of events involving the formation & alteration & destruction and reformation of rocks as a result of geologic processes.
baseline study
rock cycle
pipe
luster
20. The rise and fall of sea level caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on the Earth.
chalk
boundary
tide
storm surge
21. A pillar formed as a stalactite and stalagmite meet.
column
inner core
latitude
ecosystem
22. 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.
abundant metal
isostatic change in sea level
soil
marine Chronometer
23. 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.
humid
Greenhouse Effect
trench
core
24. A system that uses a constellation of 24 satellites & their ground stations & and individual GPS receivers to accurately locate points on Earth.
ground moraine
wave crest
Andromeda
Global Positioning System (GPS)
25. A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer.
sinkhole
marine Chronometer
telescope
cave
26. The outermost part of the core. It is liquid & about 1 &700 km thick & and separated from the inner & solid core by a transition zone about 565 km thick.
zone of aeration
outer core
kettle
exotic river
27. The first scientist to make systematic use of the telescope in looking at the heavens.
Laurasia
Galileo
erratic
crater
28. A seismic body wave that involves particle motion from side to side & perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. S-waves are slower than P-waves and cannot travel through a liquid.
abyssal plain
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
Pangea
triangulation
29. A depression in the ground formed by the melting of a block of glacier ice buried or partially buried by drift.
rainforest
tectonic Plates
subtropical deserts
kettle
30. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
hardpan
absolute time
flood
legend
31. The persistence of wind-formed waves after wind ceases.
nuee ardente
tidal inlet
plain
swells
32. The mass of an object divided by its volume.
crevasse
tidal inlet
Cenozoic
density
33. The internal resistance to flow in a liquid.
soil
water table
viscosity
fluctuate
34. Heat extracted from the Earth for use as an power source.
outcrop
bedrock
compass Rose
geothermal energy
35. The sudden fall of one or more large pieces of a rock from a cliff.
solar system
conduction
rapids
rockfall
36. 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
island arc
fossil fuel
Laurasia
breakwater
37. The zone below the zone of aeration in which all pore spaces are filled with water.
volcanic ash
compass Rose
nutrient
zone of saturation
38. 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 .
geothermal energy
jetty
telescope
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
39. Evidence in rock of the presence of past life & such as a dinosaur bone & an ancient clam shell & or the footprint of a long-extinct animal as well as life history artifacts.
fossil
axis
reservoir rock
atlas
40. A community of plants and/or animals and its physical environment & regarded as a unit.
ecosystem
lava lake
water table
atlas
41. A vent in the surface of the Earth & from which lava & ash & and gases erupt.
volcano
seamount
reservoir rock
boundary
42. The production of living matter by organisms that make food using sunlight or chemicals. Usually expressed as grams of carbon per square meter per year.
primary productivity
foreshock
ice sheet
observator
43. Synonym of intrusive. Antonym of volcanic. Applies to igneous rocks formed beneath the surface of the Earth; typically with large crystals due to the slowness of cooling.
acid rain
atlas
plutonic
pH
44. The line that separates one drainage basin from another.
shoreline
convection
Mars
drainage divide
45. 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.
volcanic
convection cell
rainforest
seismic gap
46. The distance light travels through a vacuum in one year.
compass
glaciation
light-year
geologic column
47. The area immediately below the ground surface within which pore spaces are partially filled with water and partially filled with air.
zone of aeration
escarpment
Phanerozoic
ozone
48. The closest star to Earth besides the sun. It is approximately 4 light years away.
urban
Proxima Centauri
drainage divide
sediment
49. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
secchi disk
lithification
Uranus
convection cell
50. 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.
gravity
greenhouse gases
erratic
aquifer
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