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1. A cavity in a lava & formed by the entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification of the lava.
light-year
basin
vesicle
fold and thrust mountains
2. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
back swamp
clastic
till (unstratified drift)
geothermal energy
3. A narrow strip of land that has water on either side and connects two larger bodies of water.
crust
equator
isthmus
equator
4. A disease-causing organism or entity & such as a bacterium or virus.
gemstone
sinkhole
cinder cone
pathogen
5. The average weather conditions of an area over many years & as measured by temperature & wind speed & and precipitation.
climate
water table
isostatic change in sea level
escarpment
6. Heat extracted from the Earth for use as an power source.
vesicle
mesosphere
observator
geothermal energy
7. Reduction of pore space between individual particles as the result of overlying sediments or of tectonic movements.
epicenter
drought
collisional Boundary
compaction
8. Produced as a wave steepens and falls forward as the wave nears the shore.
rockslide (rock avalanche)
surf
ablation
density
9. One of several rock-forming minerals that contain at least 95% silica (quartz). and usually one or more other common elements.
escarpment
dust bowl
silicate
bar
10. 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.
lava
lava lake
magnitude
Paleozoic
11. A curved belt of volcanic islands lying above a subduction zone.
chalk
renewable resources
Precambrian
island arc
12. 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.
drift
basaltic
Copernicus & Nicholas
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
13. Deep steep-sided depression in the ocean floor caused by the subduction of oceanic crust beneath either other oceanic crust or continental crust.
isostasy
Andromeda
oceanic trench
rock cycle
14. The area bordering a stream over which water spreads when the stream tops its channel banks.
floodplain
conduction
natural resources
tell
15. Woodland that usually gets at least 100 inches of rain each year.
Modified Mercalli Scale
rainforest
stalagmite
extrusive
16. Any seismic wave that travels through the body of Earth & rather than along its surface.
Mars
compression fossil
soil
body wave
17. The effect of water and carbon dioxide absorbing outgoing infrared radiation & raising a system's temperature. The term is generally used with reference to the Earth's temperature & although it can also be applied to other systems & such as greenhous
lithification
atlas
Greenhouse Effect
island arc
18. A geometrical form taken by a mineral & giving external expression to orderly internal atomic arrangement.
peat
shoreline
crystal
base
19. Enormous & thick sheets of rock that are part of the Earth's upper mantle that move and adjoin each other along zones of seismic activity. Many tectonic plates extend underneath both continents and sea floor.
drainage basin
tectonic Plates
body wave
eustatic change in sea level
20. Bent rock strata.
fold
stormwater runoff
dust bowl
liquefaction
21. The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases.
period
global warming
thrust fault
ecosystem
22. Deserts in zones of descending air between 25 degrees and 30 degrees north and south latitude.
subtropical deserts
drainage divide
extrusive
transform boundary
23. Lies half way between the north and south magnetic poles.
equinox
siltation
deposition
magnetic equator
24. A system involving continuous interaction of the solid Earth & the atmosphere & the oceans and living things.
natural resources
fold and thrust mountains
Earth system
metamorphic rock
25. Open pit mining & typically for coal.
strip mining
secchi disk
star
frost wedging
26. Containing moisture.
pathogen
humid
permafrost
siltation
27. The explosion of a dying giant or supergiant star.
geyser
compaction
equator
nova -- (Supernova)
28. The seaward edge of coast between low tide and effective wave action.
glacier
shore
scientific model
ore
29. An area of land that delivers runoff water & sediment & and dissolved substances to surface water bodies & such as rivers or lakes. All watersheds consist of boundaries & a basin and collection areas.
pollutant
viscosity
watershed
reservoir rock
30. 1. Breach in a natural levee . 2. Deep crevice or open fracture in glacier ice.
crevasse
collisional Boundary
conserve
anemometer
31. A large area of flat or nearly flat land.
continental rise
mineral deposit
channelization
plain
32. (Latin- Sol & Greek- Helios)the closest star to Earth. It is a giant ball of gas without any solid surface.
thrust fault
Sun
Jupiter
glaciation
33. The areas of & in & or constituting a city.
ozone layer
floodplain
fringing reef
urban
34. A wall built out from the shore & usually at perpendicular to it to trap sand carried by longshore currents .
exotic river
water table
ozone depletion
groin
35. 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.
ecosystem
nova -- (Supernova)
continental shelf
compression fossil
36. The concept of a sequence of events involving the formation & alteration & destruction and reformation of rocks as a result of geologic processes.
Gondwana
region
rock cycle
compression fossil
37. The layer of gases (air) & that surrounds a planet or moon.
compass Rose
levees
atmosphere
Pangea
38. A natural open space underground & large enough for a person to enter. Most commonly occur by the dissolution of soluble rocks & generally limestone.
transform boundary
water table
cave
terrestrial
39. 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.
cementation
chemical sediment
estuary
floodplain
40. A group of stars that appear to make a pattern in the sky. The Big Dipper is a constellation.
isostasy
universe
chalk
constellation
41. Destruction of the ozone layer caused by the release of CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons) into the atmosphere which react chemically with ozone and break it down into different gases.
waterfall
seismic gap
ozone depletion
Pelean eruption
42. The rise and fall of sea level caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on the Earth.
tide
fluctuate
foreshock
open pit mining
43. The theory that states that the present-day continents are the fragmented pieces of preexisting larger landmasses called supercontinents.
asthenosphere
Continntal Drift Theory
drought
transform boundary
44. The very small particles of dirt & soot & and other pollutants that are present in the air.
hydrologic cycle
particulate air pollution
fissure eruption
atoll
45. An eruption of lava that takes place from a fracture & usually without producing a cone.
Prime Meridian
silicate
fissure eruption
beach
46. The upper horizons in a soil & through which gravitational moisture travels & removing soluble decomposition products.
oxbow
lava
compass
zone of leaching
47. Formed when an organism is flattened (compressed) and a thin film of organic material from its body is left in the rock.
cave
erosion
compression fossil
global warming
48. 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.
primary productivity
superposition
open pit mining
lithosphere
49. 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.
core
observator
subduction
drought
50. Occurs at the intersection of the water table with the ground surface.
compass Rose
urban
spring
Paleozoic