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1. A detailed mathematical description of the cause-and-effect relationships between events that can be used to predict or explain other such events.
scientific model
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
Uranus
mineral deposit
2. Similar to a groin but built to keep sand out of a harbor entrance.
chlorophyll
asthenosphere
jetty
water table
3. Extending across a continent.
Andromeda
Milky Way
Copernicus & Nicholas
transcontinental
4. The region of a shore that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.
igneous rock
intertidal zone
lithosphere
oceanic trench
5. The first scientist to make systematic use of the telescope in looking at the heavens.
Galileo
sediment
till (unstratified drift)
archaean
6. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
atmosphere
water table
streak
volcanic
7. The symbol used on a map to indicate directions & both cardinal and ordinal.
weathering
compass Rose
swash and back wash
sandstorm
8. Ratio between weight of given volume of material and weight of equal volume of pure water.
period
equinox
continent
specific gravity
9. An abandoned meander .
oxbow
subtropical deserts
eclipse
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
10. A Hawaiian term for a basaltic lava flow with a smooth & or ropy surface.
pahoehoe
sedimentary rock
plate boundaries
ice shelf
11. Large area of extremely flat ocean floor lying near a continent and generally over 4 km in depth.
granitic
intrusive
seismology
abyssal plain
12. The rise and fall of sea level caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on the Earth.
observator
zone of leaching
shore
tide
13. A post of dripstone growing up from a cave floor.
satellite
stalagmite
stratification
Andromeda
14. 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.
lahar
era
anemometer
wind farm
15. A type of thermal spring which ejects water intermittently with considerable force.
plate tectonics
nuee ardente
water table
geyser
16. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
Saturn
archipelago
arch
neptune
17. The way in which a rock or mineral breaks in random patterns rather than cleaving
comet
continental rise
continent
fracture
18. The internal resistance to flow in a liquid.
Proterozoic
foliated
viscosity
isostasy
19. A rock that has crystallized from a molten state.
igneous rock
shore
foreshock
current speed
20. The seaward edge of coast between low tide and effective wave action.
drift
observator
clastic
shore
21. A mound or ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
shield volcano
moraine
lava dome
bar
22. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
sextant
orogeny
conserve
light-year
23. A large volume of dust-sized particles lifted high into the atmosphere.
groove
stratification
geology
dust storm
24. An individual grain or constituent of a rock.
geology
isostasy
clast
triangulation
25. Bent rock strata.
fold
steppe
reserves
renewable resources
26. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the Underworld. No longer considered a planet.
scour
Pluto
luster
waterfall
27. A coral reef separated from the mainland by a lagoon.
acid
vesicle
hemisphere
barrier reef
28. The remains of an extremely massive star pulled into a small volume by the force of gravity.
renewable resources
Hadean
lava lake
black hole
29. Surficial mining & in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overlying rock or soil.
outer core
continental shelf
open pit mining
peat
30. Living parts of the environment that can renew or replace themselves.
Andromeda
renewable resources
triangulation
nutrient
31. The formation & advance and retreat of glaciers and the results of these activities.
glaciation
Modified Mercalli Scale
constellation
Precambrian
32. The physical & chemical & and biological processes by which rock at or near the Earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces.
trench
extrusive
ore
weathering
33. A group of stars that appear to make a pattern in the sky. The Big Dipper is a constellation.
equinox
ground moraine
constellation
reserves
34. Long narrow beaches separated in many places from the mainland by lagoons.
steppe
abundant metal
barrier beaches
strip mining
35. Deserts formed by blocking moisture-bearing winds with mountain barriers.
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
fossil
erosion
rain shadow deserts
36. 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.
pahoehoe
continental slope
marine Chronometer
universe
37. The distance light travels through a vacuum in one year.
tell
climate
light-year
lava dome
38. Highly mafic igneous volcanic rock & typically fine-grained and dark in color; rough volcanic equivalent of gabbro. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock in the Earth's crust.
tidal inlet
dust storm
till (unstratified drift)
basalt
39. A continuous well-defined mass of material of sufficient ore content to make extraction economically feasible. compare mineral deposit.
eclipse
estuary
triangulation
ore deposit
40. Ratio between weight of given volume of material and weight of equal volume of pure water.
Greenhouse Effect
specific gravity
hemisphere
cave
41. The theory of Plate Tectonics states that the Earth's crust is fragmented into a dozen or more large and small pieces floating on a semi-molten mantle.
legend
conduction
plate tectonics
karst
42. The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
equinox
zone of saturation
beach
tell
43. Mars is named after the Roman god of war. It is the fourth planet from the Sun.
fetch
epicenter
ground moraine
Mars
44. Where two plates are moving in opposite directions as in a mid-ocean ridge.
elevation
seismology
divergent boundary
fold
45. Open pit mining & typically for coal.
strip mining
kettle
watershed
rain shadow deserts
46. A wall built out from the shore & usually at perpendicular to it to trap sand carried by longshore currents .
ore
denudation
groin
Proterozoic
47. Large area of extremely flat ocean floor lying near a continent and generally over 4 km in depth.
observator
abyssal plain
ozone layer
floodplain
48. A narrow strip of land that has water on either side and connects two larger bodies of water.
inertia
extrusive
isthmus
Hale-Bopp
49. 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 &
hardpan
Gondwana
solstice
Pillow Lava
50. Verifying assessments made from satellite data by doing direct & 'on-the ground' measurements.
convection
Pangea
groundtruthing
mantle
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