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DSST Geology

Subjects : dsst, science, geology
Instructions:
  • Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface






2. A slow - downhill movement of soil






3. The flat areas on both sides of a mature river or stream






4. The breaking down of rocks through changes in their chemical composition






5. The breaking down of rocks at or near to the earth's surface






6. Oval-shaped mound of till






7. Aquifers






8. Funnel-shaped depressions created by dissolved limestone






9. Marble






10. Solution occur when chemical reactions form a solid that settles out of solution






11. Formed when rock is broken and ground with little recrystallization






12. Red-orange soils rich in iron and aluminum oxides






13. Hollow - ball-like bodies sometimes found in limestone






14. Icicle-like structures of calcium carbonate that hang from the roofs of caves






15. Is built by water falling on a constant spot on the cave floor and evaporates leaving a deposit of calcium carbonate






16. Contain fragments of rocks - grains of minerals - and crushed shells






17. Chalk






18. Solid part of the earth's surface






19. Like velvet






20. Magma squeezes between two rock layers and hardens into a thin horizontal sheet






21. Part of the surface zone that has been altered by weathering - erosion and the processes of breakdown that include microbes and decay






22. Over 60






23. Rocks are broken down into smaller fragments without undergoing any change in chemical composition






24. Narrow - table-like bodies of igneous rock formed when magma entered a vertical or oblique fracture and hardened






25. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces






26. Deposited from solution or by organic processes






27. Broken rock - soil - and loose sediment forms a primitive type of soil






28. Contain large amounts of iron oxide and aluminum rich clays - making the soil a brown to reddish brown color






29. Formed from magma crystallization






30. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean






31. Is the cycle of thawing and refreezing






32. Settling






33. Formed by the collapse of the top of a volcano






34. 'almost a plain'






35. Molten rock






36. Moon of saturn






37. Magma that comes directly from the mantle






38. Weight of a mineral compared to the weight of an equal volume of water






39. The peeling away of the outer layers from a rock






40. The downslope movement of rock and soil under the influence of gravity






41. Measure of the amount of void space in a rock






42. An area formed at the mouth of a river where river currents interact with ocean tides






43. The inclusion and transportation of surface materials by another moveable material - usually water - wind - ice or animal (including people) movements






44. Involve a mass of soil or soil and other materials sliding along a curved - rotational surface






45. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone






46. Large - slow-moving river of ice - formed from compacted layers of snow






47. When glaciers melt and retreat and leave behind piles of unsorted rock debris