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