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