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DSST Geology

Subjects : dsst, science, geology
Instructions:
  • Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Magma squeezes between two rock layers and hardens into a thin horizontal sheet






2. Magma that comes directly from the mantle






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






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






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






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






7. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces






8. Aquifers






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






10. Funnel-shaped depressions created by dissolved limestone






11. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone






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






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






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






15. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface






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






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






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






19. Chalk






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






21. Is the cycle of thawing and refreezing






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






23. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean






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






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






26. Like velvet






27. Formed from magma crystallization






28. A slow - downhill movement of soil






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






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






31. Marble






32. Settling






33. Molten rock






34. Moon of saturn






35. Over 60






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






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






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






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






40. Solid part of the earth's surface






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






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






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






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






45. 'almost a plain'






46. Oval-shaped mound of till






47. Deposited from solution or by organic processes