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Earth Science
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1. Containing moisture.
nebula
fissure eruption
humid
lava lake
2. A planetary satellite.
groove
moon
eon
density
3. A protective wall built offshore and usually parallel to the shore.
rockfall
breakwater
reef
telescope
4. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
observator
Jupiter
salinity
convection cell
5. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles & primarily altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude.
sextant
period
barrier beaches
ecosystem
6. The seaward edge of coast between low tide and effective wave action.
drainage divide
shore
Precambrian
drainage divide
7. The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases.
global warming
barrier beaches
legend
frost wedging
8. The processes (mechanical and chemical) responsible for the wearing away & loosening & and dissolving of materials of the Earth's crust.
habitat
erosion
subduction zone
rockslide (rock avalanche)
9. A valley caused by extension of the Earth's crust. Its floor forms as a portion of the crust moves downward along normal faults.
Proterozoic
natural resources
rift (graben)
storm surge
10. The distance between two successive wave crests or troughs.
permafrost
Global Positioning System (GPS)
wave length
calving
11. A layer of sedimentary rock; plural is strata.
nuee ardente
stratum
silicate
Sun
12. The elevation at which snow persists throughout the year.
lava lake
Phanerozoic
plain
snow line
13. A pillar formed as a stalactite and stalagmite meet.
dust storm
fluctuate
eon
column
14. A minor tremor that precedes an earthquake. An increase in seismicity may signal that a major release of strain energy is about to occur.
foreshock
dust bowl
black hole
barrier beaches
15. A measure of the strength of an earthquake based on the amount of movement recorded by a seismograph . compare Richter scale.
magnitude
inner core
precipitation
El Nino
16. The precipitation that runs directly off the surface to stream or body of standing water.
chemical sediment
gravity
runoff
climate
17. The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
cone of depression
cementation
Venus
lithosphere
18. 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.
chemical sedimentary rock
Saturn
Andromeda
karst
19. A general term for a relatively hard layer of soil at or just below the ground surface & cemented by silica & iron oxide & calcium carbonate & or organic matter.
hardpan
urban
chlorophyll
permafrost
20. A sedimentary rock composed of combustible matter derived from the partial decomposition of plant material.
oal
Phanerozoic
Uranus
flash flood
21. 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.
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
pahoehoe
triangulation
humus
22. Jupiter is named after the Roman king of the gods. It is the fifth planet from the Sun.
deflation
Jupiter
drainage divide
geologic time scale
23. An eruption of lava that takes place from a fracture & usually without producing a cone.
nonfoliated
fissure eruption
snow line
denudation
24. Produced as a wave steepens and falls forward as the wave nears the shore.
surf
plain
deposition
archaean
25. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
region
eclipse
mid-ocean ridges
Venus
26. An area in which a large number of windmills have been erected to generate electrical power.
era
clast
mid-ocean ridges
wind farm
27. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
casts
isostatic change in sea level
lava flood (plateau basalt)
secchi disk
28. A division of geologic time next smaller than the eon and larger than a period. Example: The Paleozoic era is in the Phanerozoic eon and includes & among others & the Devonian period.
humus
era
fossil fuel
rock
29. The region of a shore that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.
landforms
Pangea
dust bowl
intertidal zone
30. A depression in the ground formed by the melting of a block of glacier ice buried or partially buried by drift.
kettle
fluctuate
renewable resources
stormwater runoff
31. A Hawaiian term for a lava flow that has a rough & jagged surface.
cinder cone
beach
ore deposit
aa
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
sandstorm
anemometer
epicenter
Laurasia
33. A slide involving a downward and usually sudden movement of newly detached segments of bedrock sliding or slipping over an inclined surface of weakness such as a bedding plane & fault plane & or joint surface.
baseline study
liquefaction
rockslide (rock avalanche)
eon
34. Similar to a groin but built to keep sand out of a harbor entrance.
jetty
lahar
salinization
orogeny
35. The green pigment in the cells of many plants that enables them to use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates in the process called photosynthesis.
geothermal energy
abundant metal
chlorophyll
era
36. The area bordering a stream over which water spreads when the stream tops its channel banks.
crater
crystal
floodplain
dust bowl
37. Pertaining to or composed of granite & a coarse-grained igneous rock dominated by light-colored minerals & consisting of about 50 percent orthoclase & 25 percent quartz & and balance of feldspars and ferromagnesian silicates. Granite is commonly foun
exotic river
Prime Meridian
granitic
watershed
38. A method of sediment transport in which the turbulence of a fluid is able to keep particles supported in the fluid.
hot spot
strip mining
lahar
suspension
39. A substance that produces negatively charged hydroxide ions ( OH- ) in water and reacts with acids to form salts.
subduction
satellite
humid
base
40. A blanket of wind-driven sand with an upper surface about a meter above ground level.
sandstorm
focus
Jupiter
star
41. That portion of the Earth below the crust and reaching to about 2 &780 km & where a transition zone of about 100 km thickness separates it from the core.
fossil fuel
mantle
lava dome
viscosity
42. The primary division of geologic time which are & from oldest to youngest & the Hadean & Archean & Proterozoic & and Phanerozoic eons.
clastic
eon
crust
renewable resources
43. A mass of ice & formed by the recrystallization of snow & that flows forward & or has flowed at some time in the past.
water table
watershed
glacier
sedimentary rock
44. Any molten material that is extrusive or volcanic & or the rock that forms from a molten extrusive. Molten rock that flows at the Earth's surface.
plutonic
lava
Mars
aftershock
45. Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another & without moving the particle to a new location.
conduction
seastack
karst
seismology
46. Large area of extremely flat ocean floor lying near a continent and generally over 4 km in depth.
abyssal plain
soil
plate boundaries
observator
47. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
fault
triangulation
satellite
stratification
48. The portion of the continental margin that lies between the abyssal plain and the continental slope. The continental rise is underlain by crustal rocks of the ocean basin.
shore
intensity
continental rise
anemometer
49. A fracture or zone of fractures along the boundaries of tectonic plates where movement has taken place.
fault
snow line
transcontinental
constellation
50. An instrument that merely indicates the occurrence of an earthquake.
seismoscope
orogeny
acid
foliated