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1. 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.
basaltic
liquefaction
seafloor spreading
asthenosphere
2. The straightening and/or deepening of a river channel.
mineral deposit
channelization
icecap
deflation
3. Any accumulation of material & by settling from water or air & chemical precipitation & evaporation from solution & etc.
deposition
fracture
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
superposition
4. Bent rock strata.
fold
nautical mile
basalt
stalactite
5. Produced as a wave steepens and falls forward as the wave nears the shore.
aquatic
surf
back swamp
salinization
6. A narrow & elongate region in which one lithospheric plate descends relative to another.
subduction
viscosity
compass Rose
subduction zone
7. 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.
pyroclastic
thrust fault
fossil
archipelago
8. Living on land.
compression fossil
basaltic
you-shaped valley
terrestrial
9. The seaward edge of coast between low tide and effective wave action.
abyssal plain
shore
asthenosphere
baseline study
10. In a stream & the volume of water passing through a channel in a given time.
discharge
specific gravity
anemometer
water table
11. A portable time keeper with a mechanism for ensuring accuracy and adjusting itself & used for determining longitude at sea.
foliated
mineral deposit
fissure eruption
marine Chronometer
12. A small ice sheet.
icecap
cementation
sinkhole
sextant
13. Distance over which wave-forming winds blow.
subtropical deserts
fetch
isthmus
tidal delta
14. In the geologic time scale a unit of time less than an era and greater than an epoch. Example: The Tertiary period was the earliest period in the Cenozoic era and included & among others & the Eocene epoch.
mid-ocean ridges
divergent boundary
ozone layer
period
15. A small ice sheet.
icecap
eclipse
soil
El Nino
16. Uranus is named after the Roman god of the sky. It is the seventh planet from the Sun.
pipe
Uranus
biogenic sediment
orogeny
17. An instrument used to measure the speed of wind.
clast
nova -- (Supernova)
barrier beaches
anemometer
18. The perpendicular or very steep descent of a stream.
stratification
Uniformitarianism
waterfall
aa
19. A low & nearly flat accumulation of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or stream & commonly triangular or fan-shaped.
habitat
vesicle
delta
volcanic ash
20. A conical volcano formed by the accumulation of pyroclastic debris around a vent.
cinder cone
solar system
convection
Hale-Bopp
21. 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.
convergent boundary
solstice
fault
primary productivity
22. The portion of the continental margin that extends as a gently sloping surface from the shoreline seaward to a marked change in slope at the top of the continental slope . Seaward depth averages about 130 m.
subtropical deserts
ecosystem
greenhouse gases
continental shelf
23. The persistence of wind-formed waves after wind ceases.
ice sheet
focus
island arc
swells
24. Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude lines extend vertically & from pole to pole on a globe.
wind farm
foreshock
longitude
tectonic Plates
25. The part of the crust that directly underlies the continents and continental shelves. Averages about 35 km in thickness & but may be over 70 km thick under largest mountain ranges.
open pit mining
seismology
continental crust
viscosity
26. Gases that can be dissociated by solar radiation & which releases chlorine & which in turn destroys ozone.
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27. A measure of the strength of an earthquake based on the amount of movement recorded by a seismograph . compare Richter scale.
asteroid
metamorphic rock
pothole
magnitude
28. Any porous and permeable rock that yields oil or natural gas.
reservoir rock
habitat
ozone layer
you-shaped valley
29. The southern portion of the late Paleozoic supercontinent known as Pangea. It means & literally 'Land of the Gonds' (a people of the Indian subcontinent).The supercontinent existed from Cambrian to Jurassic time & mainly composed of South America &
Gondwana
cleavage
plate
island arc
30. A flood that rises and falls very rapidly.
flash flood
peat
equinox
inertia
31. A large ridge or mound-like structure within a body of water that is built by calcareous organisms such as corals & red algae & and bivalves.
eon
reef
levees
rapids
32. A planetary satellite.
landforms
moon
hot spot
seismograph
33. A guide to reading a map that typically contains distance scales & arrows indicating direction & and/or explanations of symbols used.
escarpment
decomposition (chemical weathering)
legend
hardness
34. 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.
outer core
seismograph
compaction
transform boundary
35. 1. A mass of sand & gravel & or alluvium deposited on the bed of a stream & sea & or lake & or at the mouth of a stream 2. A unit of pressure & approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
triangulation
sediment
bar
basin
36. The chronological sequence of units of Earth time.
barrier reef
salinization
archipelago
geologic time scale
37. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
aftershock
seafloor spreading
observator
thrust fault
38. A region of high heat flow on the Earth's surface & thought to lie above a mantle plume .
rainforest
black hole
hot spot
rainforest
39. An ingredient in a food or other substance that nourishes or promotes growth.
nuee ardente
tidal inlet
nutrient
marine Chronometer
40. A comet that passed Earth in 1997 and won't return to the inner solar system until the year 4377.
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
floodplain
constellation
Hale-Bopp
41. A coral reef attached directly to the mainland.
telescope
fringing reef
pyroclastic
epoch
42. The remains of an extremely massive star pulled into a small volume by the force of gravity.
specific gravity
black hole
convergent boundary
fold and thrust mountains
43. Gases that can be dissociated by solar radiation & which releases chlorine & which in turn destroys ozone.
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44. Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another & without moving the particle to a new location.
humid
conduction
magnetic polarity
scale
45. The reflection of light on a given mineral's surface & classified by intensity and quality.
exotic river
petroleum
foliated
luster
46. The oldest eon in Earth history & extending from the origin of the Earth to about 3.9 billion years ago.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
pathogen
gemstone
Hadean
47. The symbol used on a map to indicate directions & both cardinal and ordinal.
waterfall
nonfoliated
chemical sedimentary rock
compass Rose
48. A hydrocarbon (coal or petroleum) that can be extracted from the Earth for use as a fuel. Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources.
gravity
fossil fuel
geologic time scale
Phanerozoic
49. 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.
black smoker
clastic
asteroid
Global Positioning System (GPS)
50. The initial point within the Earth that ruptures in an earthquake & directly below the epicenter. The point within the Earth which is the center of an earthquake & at which strain energy is first released and converted to elastic wave energy.
gravity
kettle
Galileo
focus