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