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DSST Geology
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Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An area formed at the mouth of a river where river currents interact with ocean tides
estuary
floodplains
Specific gravity
frost wedging
2. Rocks are broken down into smaller fragments without undergoing any change in chemical composition
disintegration
precipitates
till
Specific gravity
3. Formed from magma crystallization
Igneous
porosity
laterites
pedalfers
4. Solution occur when chemical reactions form a solid that settles out of solution
nonclastic rocks
creep
regolith
precipitates
5. The downslope movement of rock and soil under the influence of gravity
slumps
sinkholes
mass wasting
sedimentum
6. The inclusion and transportation of surface materials by another moveable material - usually water - wind - ice or animal (including people) movements
disintegration
erosion
floodplains
precipitates
7. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces
sedimentum
permeability
soil
grikes
8. Narrow - table-like bodies of igneous rock formed when magma entered a vertical or oblique fracture and hardened
under pressure - limestone is changed into what?
dikes
peneplain
ring of fire
9. Icicle-like structures of calcium carbonate that hang from the roofs of caves
chemical weathering
stalactite
mass wasting
a form of limestone
10. Measure of the amount of void space in a rock
porosity
frost wedging
caldera
dikes
11. Over 60
chemical weathering
soil
spring
jupiter has how many moons?
12. Large - slow-moving river of ice - formed from compacted layers of snow
regolith
clastic rocks
glacier
Magma
13. Is built by water falling on a constant spot on the cave floor and evaporates leaving a deposit of calcium carbonate
slumps
pedalfers
dynamic metamorphic rock
stalagmite
14. Broken rock - soil - and loose sediment forms a primitive type of soil
chemical weathering
laterites
soil
regolith
15. Formed by the collapse of the top of a volcano
caldera
slumps
dynamic metamorphic rock
permeability
16. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone
sill
jupiter has how many moons?
grikes
a form of limestone
17. Solid part of the earth's surface
permeability
Lithosphere
Basaltic magma
chemical weathering
18. Red-orange soils rich in iron and aluminum oxides
frost wedging
sill
porosity
laterites
19. Is the cycle of thawing and refreezing
peneplain
a form of limestone
frost wedging
enceladus
20. Funnel-shaped depressions created by dissolved limestone
sinkholes
jupiter has how many moons?
chemical weathering
drumlin
21. When glaciers melt and retreat and leave behind piles of unsorted rock debris
Lithosphere
stalactite
permeable rocks filled with water
till
22. Magma that comes directly from the mantle
ring of fire
dynamic metamorphic rock
jupiter has how many moons?
Basaltic magma
23. Moon of saturn
enceladus
porosity
soil
glacier
24. Settling
caldera
clastic rocks
sedimentum
loamy soils
25. Magma squeezes between two rock layers and hardens into a thin horizontal sheet
grikes
Magma
sill
estuary
26. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface
enceladus
spring
soil
regolith
27. Oval-shaped mound of till
permeability
stalagmite
drumlin
jupiter has how many moons?
28. Hollow - ball-like bodies sometimes found in limestone
disintegration
clastic rocks
geodes
nonclastic rocks
29. Formed when rock is broken and ground with little recrystallization
sinkholes
dynamic metamorphic rock
till
geodes
30. A slow - downhill movement of soil
under pressure - limestone is changed into what?
estuary
creep
precipitates
31. Deposited from solution or by organic processes
sill
slumps
nonclastic rocks
disintegration
32. Contain fragments of rocks - grains of minerals - and crushed shells
clastic rocks
frost wedging
Magma
permeable rocks filled with water
33. Contain large amounts of iron oxide and aluminum rich clays - making the soil a brown to reddish brown color
erosion
pedalfers
spring
a form of limestone
34. The flat areas on both sides of a mature river or stream
floodplains
peneplain
permeability
glacier
35. Aquifers
permeable rocks filled with water
mass wasting
enceladus
Basaltic magma
36. Molten rock
grikes
sinkholes
caldera
Magma
37. The breaking down of rocks at or near to the earth's surface
exfoliation
weathering
glacier
sill
38. Part of the surface zone that has been altered by weathering - erosion and the processes of breakdown that include microbes and decay
soil
disintegration
stalactite
porosity
39. 'almost a plain'
sinkholes
jupiter has how many moons?
enceladus
peneplain
40. Weight of a mineral compared to the weight of an equal volume of water
geodes
chemical weathering
Specific gravity
frost wedging
41. Marble
ring of fire
Basaltic magma
Igneous
under pressure - limestone is changed into what?
42. The peeling away of the outer layers from a rock
geodes
creep
peneplain
exfoliation
43. The breaking down of rocks through changes in their chemical composition
caldera
loamy soils
Basaltic magma
chemical weathering
44. Chalk
Igneous
slumps
exfoliation
a form of limestone
45. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean
ring of fire
till
slumps
disintegration
46. Involve a mass of soil or soil and other materials sliding along a curved - rotational surface
slumps
grikes
clastic rocks
mass wasting
47. Like velvet
pedalfers
Lithosphere
glacier
loamy soils