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Earth Science
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1. Mercury is named after the Roman messenger of the gods. It is the closest to the Sun.
oal
Mercury
cementation
erratic
2. Soil conditions prevailing in area whose mean annual temperature is 0o C.
petroleum
ozone
core
permafrost
3. Verifying assessments made from satellite data by doing direct & 'on-the ground' measurements.
basin
lava
groundtruthing
seafloor spreading
4. Igneous. Antonym of intrusive. Synonym of volcanic. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed from lava released on the Earth's surface.
seismograph
quarrying
column
extrusive
5. A statement of relative age in layered rocks: In a series of sedimentary rocks that has not been overturned & the topmost layer is always the youngest and the bottommost layer is always the oldest.
Saturn
superposition
convection cell
collisional Boundary
6. An icicle-shaped accumulation of dripstone hanging from cave roof.
stalactite
region
breakwater
meander
7. An instrument that detects & magnifies & and records vibrations of the Earth & especially earthquakes.
collisional Boundary
hardness
asteroid
seismograph
8. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
dust bowl
Pangea
acid
conserve
9. The average weather conditions of an area over many years & as measured by temperature & wind speed & and precipitation.
island arc
decomposition (chemical weathering)
climate
Uniformitarianism
10. Heat extracted from the Earth for use as an power source.
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
rock
geothermal energy
prairie
11. 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.
Paleozoic
era
core
abyssal plain
12. The presence of layers in some rocks caused by parallel alignment of minerals.
foliated
sediment
fossil
constellation
13. A process of land degradation initiated by human activity & particularly in the zones along the margins of deserts.
desertification
levees
channelization
pyroclastic
14. A large amount of gas and dust in space & spread out in an immense volume.
waterfall
chalk
isthmus
nebula
15. A blanket of wind-driven sand with an upper surface about a meter above ground level.
metamorphic rock
light-year
sandstorm
floodplain
16. Fossils formed when water containing minerals leaks into a mold. The minerals harden to form a copy of the original structure or organism.
casts
water table
Gondwana
nova -- (Supernova)
17. A system involving continuous interaction of the solid Earth & the atmosphere & the oceans and living things.
fjord
triangulation
Earth system
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
18. Mountains & characterized by extensive folding and thrust faulting & that form at convergent plate boundaries on continents.
fold and thrust mountains
Jupiter
drought
Gondwana
19. (Latin- Terra & Greek- Gaia) Earth is named after the ancient Germanic Goddess of the soil. It is the third planet from the Sun.
you-shaped valley
escarpment
Earth
liquefaction
20. The principle that states the processes operating to change the Earth in the present also operated in the past.
permafrost
Uniformitarianism
base
El Nino
21. 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.
seamount
rockslide (rock avalanche)
cleavage
coast
22. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
aftershock
hemisphere
constellation
eclipse
23. The precipitation that runs directly off the surface to stream or body of standing water.
base
runoff
swells
sextant
24. A pillar formed as a stalactite and stalagmite meet.
column
humid
pothole
natural resources
25. Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another & without moving the particle to a new location.
oceanic trench
conduction
barrier beaches
Paleozoic
26. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
fold
nebula
magma
secchi disk
27. Any natural concentration of a valuable material in the Earth's crust & whether that material can be extracted profitably or not.
convection
mineral deposit
baseline study
crater
28. Ratio between weight of given volume of material and weight of equal volume of pure water.
swells
cave
focus
specific gravity
29. A large volume of dust-sized particles lifted high into the atmosphere.
dust storm
collisional Boundary
seamount
seastack
30. A reverse fault on which the dip angle of the fault plane is 15 degrees or less.
calving
El Nino
thrust fault
scale
31. 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.
chemical sedimentary rock
Uniformitarianism
era
Paleozoic
32. A spring whose temperature is 6.5o C or more above mean annual air temperature.
foreshock
thermal spring
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
Pluto
33. A division of geologic time next shorter than a period. Example: the Pleistocene epoch is in the Quaternary period.
tell
epoch
Sun
discharge
34. The perpendicular or very steep descent of a stream.
moraine
eon
pothole
waterfall
35. A group of stars that appear to make a pattern in the sky. The Big Dipper is a constellation.
constellation
stratification
basalt
sinkhole
36. A worldwide change in sea level & such as caused by melting glaciers.
wind farm
eustatic change in sea level
runoff
casts
37. The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
Galileo
nonfoliated
conserve
lithosphere
38. A low & nearly flat accumulation of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or stream & commonly triangular or fan-shaped.
delta
crystal
rain shadow deserts
pathogen
39. Any object that revolves around another object in space.
Andromeda
suspended load
satellite
geologic time scale
40. A person who makes maps.
cartographer
anemometer
nutrient
eon
41. The mass of an object divided by its volume.
density
universe
arid
striations
42. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
secchi disk
silicate
black smoker
strip mining
43. A small & dust-bearing whirlwind.
dust devil
plate
constellation
mineral deposit
44. An individual grain or constituent of a rock.
sediment
wave trough
equinox
clast
45. The sum of the processes that result in the wearing away or the progressive lowering of the Earth's surface by weathering & erosion & mass wasting & and transportation.
snow line
chemical sedimentary rock
rapids
denudation
46. Open pit mining & typically for coal.
atoll
desertification
strip mining
biogenic sediment
47. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
back swamp
aftershock
geothermal energy
Hale-Bopp
48. The great circle on the Earth's surface passing through The North and South Poles & which is considered 0 degrees longitude. The prime meridian passes through Greenwich & England & and is used as a reference point for measuring longitude east and w
isthmus
creep
fissure eruption
Prime Meridian
49. Heat transport by moving particles & and the thermal energy that they carry & to a new location.
convection
Pangea
Galileo
base
50. Containing moisture.
divergent boundary
secchi disk
humid
intertidal zone