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DSST Geology

Subjects : dsst, science, geology
Instructions:
  • Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Icicle-like structures of calcium carbonate that hang from the roofs of caves






2. Is the cycle of thawing and refreezing






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






4. Formed from magma crystallization






5. Like velvet






6. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces






7. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone






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






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






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






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






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






13. Settling






14. Aquifers






15. Oval-shaped mound of till






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






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






18. Magma that comes directly from the mantle






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






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






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






22. A slow - downhill movement of soil






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






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






25. 'almost a plain'






26. Deposited from solution or by organic processes






27. Moon of saturn






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






29. Marble






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






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






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






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






34. Funnel-shaped depressions created by dissolved limestone






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






36. Molten rock






37. Solid part of the earth's surface






38. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean






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






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






41. Chalk






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






43. Over 60






44. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface






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






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






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