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1. Surficial mining & in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overlying rock or soil.
mineral
seastack
open pit mining
acid rain
2. Mountains & characterized by extensive folding and thrust faulting & that form at convergent plate boundaries on continents.
fold and thrust mountains
isostasy
glaciation
core
3. (Greek-Aphrodite)named after the Roman goddess of love. It is the planet closest in size to Earth and the second planted from the Sun.
climate
fjord
Venus
stalactite
4. Large area of extremely flat ocean floor lying near a continent and generally over 4 km in depth.
shoreline
drought
caldera
abyssal plain
5. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
ablation
star
channelization
conserve
6. The transformation of a soil from a solid to a liquid state as the result of increased pore pressure.
mantle
Galileo
liquefaction
black smoker
7. The layer of gases (air) & that surrounds a planet or moon.
focus
fault
acid rain
atmosphere
8. Soil conditions prevailing in area whose mean annual temperature is 0o C.
Proterozoic
permafrost
aa
shoreline
9. The areas of & in & or constituting a city.
Phanerozoic
solar system
epoch
urban
10. No identifiable layers of minerals in a rock sample
nonfoliated
clast
biogenic sedimentary rock
fold and thrust mountains
11. The current geologic era & which began 66.4 million years ago and continues to the present.
Cenozoic
island arc
Hale-Bopp
Continntal Drift Theory
12. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the Underworld. No longer considered a planet.
atmosphere
Prime Meridian
Pluto
geyser
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.
seamount
chlorophyll
Richter scale
ozone layer
14. The method of locating an epicenter by determining how far it lies from three widely separated seismographs.
triangulation
cave
aquifer
hydrologic cycle
15. 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.
meteoroid
plutonic
Gondwana
pollutant
16. A mound or ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
geologic time scale
equinox
subduction zone
moraine
17. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
fault
flood
ore
clastic
18. An eon of geologic time extending from about 3.9 billion years to 2.5 billion years ago.
secchi disk
archaean
aa
intrusive
19. Forms along a coast as wave erosion cuts through a headland.
smelting
back swamp
current speed
arch
20. A reverse fault on which the dip angle of the fault plane is 15 degrees or less.
lahar
thrust fault
clastic
column
21. 1. A low & bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher lands. 2. any large depression in which sediments are deposited.
denudation
basin
Hadean
crevasse
22. An instrument that detects & magnifies & and records vibrations of the Earth & especially earthquakes.
hardpan
ground moraine
lava
seismograph
23. The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
gemstone
lithosphere
ground moraine
subtropical deserts
24. Flat land covered with tall grass and wildflowers.
pH
period
prairie
arid
25. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
era
epicenter
meander
nautical mile
26. A permeable region of rock or soil through which ground water can move.
clast
aquifer
fold and thrust mountains
region
27. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
transcontinental
plutonic
eclipse
magma
28. Uranus is named after the Roman god of the sky. It is the seventh planet from the Sun.
coast
telescope
Uranus
resources
29. That part of the continental margin that lies between the continental shelf and the continental rise. Slope relatively steep & 3o - 6o. The continental slope is underlain by crustal rocks of the continent.
atlas
continental slope
seamount
compression fossil
30. 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
crater
quarrying
acid
peat
31. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
transcontinental
eon
gravity
archipelago
32. The vertical distance between the crest and adjacent trough of a wave.
oceanic crust
wave height
viscosity
biogenic sedimentary rock
33. The relationship between distances in the area being mapped and distances in the map itself.
fossil fuel
fracture
Proxima Centauri
scale
34. Flat land covered with tall grass and wildflowers.
moon
prairie
seismoscope
surf
35. A vent on the seafloor from which hydrothermal fluids are emitted. Upon mixing with seawater and cooling & the fluids precipitate a cloud of fine-grained sulfide minerals that resembles a cloud of black smoke.
back swamp
continental shelf
deflation
black smoker
36. A measure of acidity.
viscosity
pH
intensity
sedimentary rock
37. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
Greenhouse Effect
ore
eclipse
mesosphere
38. A rock that has crystallized from a molten state.
igneous rock
escarpment
intertidal zone
Global Positioning System (GPS)
39. A landscape that develops from the action of ground water in areas of easily soluble rocks. It is usually characterized by caves & underground drainage and sinkholes.
triangulation
karst
plate boundaries
sand dune
40. Forms along a coast as wave erosion cuts through a headland.
anemometer
habitat
compass
arch
41. A post of dripstone growing up from a cave floor.
ground moraine
stalagmite
snow line
Venus
42. The closest galaxy to the Milky way. It is approximately 2 million light-years away.
till (unstratified drift)
ozone depletion
hardness
Andromeda
43. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the Underworld. No longer considered a planet.
greenhouse gases
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
absolute time
Pluto
44. The presence of layers in some rocks caused by parallel alignment of minerals.
arid
dust storm
foliated
pothole
45. A landscape that develops from the action of ground water in areas of easily soluble rocks. It is usually characterized by caves & underground drainage and sinkholes.
Proxima Centauri
inertia
karst
mid-ocean ridges
46. An imaginary circle around the earth that represents the halfway mark between the North and South Poles and establishes the boundary between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
convection cell
Greenhouse Effect
desertification
equator
47. 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.
Modified Mercalli Scale
cinder cone
cementation
fossil fuel
48. The distance light travels through a vacuum in one year.
rain shadow deserts
light-year
salinization
Laurasia
49. The upper horizons in a soil & through which gravitational moisture travels & removing soluble decomposition products.
breakwater
hardpan
levees
zone of leaching
50. The primary division of geologic time which are & from oldest to youngest & the Hadean & Archean & Proterozoic & and Phanerozoic eons.
glaciation
Proxima Centauri
eon
drought