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Earth Science
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1. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
continental shelf
lava dome
conserve
erratic
2. A ridge of high water associated with a hurricane and which floods over the shore .
cleavage
floodplain
aa
storm surge
3. Synonym of intrusive. Antonym of volcanic. Applies to igneous rocks formed beneath the surface of the Earth; typically with large crystals due to the slowness of cooling.
crust
channelization
plutonic
global warming
4. 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
desertification
humid
thermal spring
5. Deserts in zones of descending air between 25 degrees and 30 degrees north and south latitude.
sandstorm
fringing reef
subtropical deserts
geyser
6. The precipitation that runs directly off the surface to stream or body of standing water.
runoff
convection
continent
rapids
7. An imaginary circle around the earth that represents the halfway mark between the North and South Poles and establishes the boundary between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
deposition
dust devil
metamorphic rock
equator
8. The processes of weathering by which physical actions such as frost wedging break down a rock into fragments & involving no chemical change.
stalagmite
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
mineral
aquifer
9. Named after the Roman god of the sea. It is the eighth planet from the Sun.
gemstone
legend
neptune
elevation
10. Igneous. Antonym of intrusive. Synonym of volcanic. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed from lava released on the Earth's surface.
suspended load
particulate air pollution
extrusive
hot spot
11. The principle that states the processes operating to change the Earth in the present also operated in the past.
glacier
Venus
Uniformitarianism
wave trough
12. The areas of & in & or constituting a city.
mineral deposit
specific gravity
urban
lithification
13. All of space and everything in it.
subduction
stalagmite
universe
Hadean
14. Living on land.
secchi disk
levees
Richter scale
terrestrial
15. A volcano in the shape of a flattened cone & broad and low & built by very fluid flows of basaltic lava.
shield volcano
specific gravity
plain
ablation
16. A valley carved by glacier erosion and whose cross-valley profile has steep sides and a nearly flat floor & suggestive of a large letter 'you'.
you-shaped valley
greenhouse gases
peat
elevation
17. Refers to rock or sediments made up primarily of broken fragments of pre-existing rocks or minerals.
clastic
Continntal Drift Theory
stratum
water table
18. The height of a place above sea level.
elevation
Pillow Lava
plain
asteroid
19. The straightening and/or deepening of a river channel.
channelization
region
marine Chronometer
floodplain
20. Deep steep-sided depression in the ocean floor caused by the subduction of oceanic crust beneath either other oceanic crust or continental crust.
Milky Way
oceanic trench
karst
Pillow Lava
21. The chronological sequence of units of Earth time.
nova -- (Supernova)
geologic time scale
petroleum
boundary
22. A glaciated valley now flooded by the sea.
crater
Uniformitarianism
subtropical deserts
fjord
23. The elevation at which snow persists throughout the year.
zone of aeration
baseline study
nova -- (Supernova)
snow line
24. Uranus is named after the Roman god of the sky. It is the seventh planet from the Sun.
chalk
Uranus
era
moraine
25. Where two plates collide to form mountains.
barrier reef
collisional Boundary
moraine
orogeny
26. The pattern of water circulation from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean.
secchi disk
region
spring
hydrologic cycle
27. A protective wall built offshore and usually parallel to the shore.
zone of leaching
intrusive
meander
breakwater
28. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
continent
archipelago
Galileo
swash and back wash
29. 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.
solar system
plate tectonics
groove
sand dune
30. Mercury is named after the Roman messenger of the gods. It is the closest to the Sun.
period
glaciation
Mercury
rockslide (rock avalanche)
31. The way in which a rock or mineral breaks in random patterns rather than cleaving
seafloor spreading
fracture
nuee ardente
intensity
32. The internal resistance to flow in a liquid.
compaction
convection
viscosity
intensity
33. The vertical distance between the crest and adjacent trough of a wave.
isostasy
stalactite
wave height
nautical mile
34. The rock beneath the soil.
bedrock
subtropical deserts
core
seastack
35. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles & primarily altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude.
plate tectonics
archaean
crevasse
sextant
36. The amount of material a stream carries in suspension.
solstice
bar
particulate air pollution
suspended load
37. A commonly used measure of earthquake magnitude & based on a logarithmic scale. Each integral step on the scale represents a tenfold increase in the extent of ground shaking & as recorded on a seismograph.
creep
granitic
Richter scale
tidal delta
38. The galaxy where Earth is located.
biogenic sedimentary rock
Milky Way
salinity
crust
39. A waste material that contaminates air & water & or soil.
fracture
pollutant
ground moraine
Copernicus & Nicholas
40. That portion of the resources for a valuable mineral commodity that can be extracted from the Earth at a profit today.
eclipse
lahar
compass Rose
reserves
41. Ratio between weight of given volume of material and weight of equal volume of pure water.
specific gravity
glacier
axis
volcanic
42. The straightening and/or deepening of a river channel.
siltation
geologic time scale
Pluto
channelization
43. Where two plates are moving in opposite directions as in a mid-ocean ridge.
convection cell
telescope
divergent boundary
stalactite
44. A period of dryness & that when prolonged & causes damage to crops; a shortage of water.
Proterozoic
permafrost
drought
compass
45. The speed at which water flows.
desertification
sand dune
isthmus
current speed
46. Elongated rises on the ocean floor where basalt periodically erupts & forming new oceanic crust.
floodplain
lava
isthmus
mid-ocean ridges
47. A post of dripstone growing up from a cave floor.
strip mining
soil
epicenter
stalagmite
48. The point on the Earth's surface where a magnetic needle points vertically downward (north magnetic pole) or vertically upward (south magnetic pole).
frost wedging
isthmus
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
magnetic pole
49. A naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a well-defined chemical composition and in which atoms are arranged in an ordered fashion.
continental crust
galaxy
compaction
mineral
50. A guide to reading a map that typically contains distance scales & arrows indicating direction & and/or explanations of symbols used.
star
open pit mining
suspended load
legend