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DSST Geology

Subjects : dsst, science, geology
Instructions:
  • Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Involve a mass of soil or soil and other materials sliding along a curved - rotational surface






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






3. Oval-shaped mound of till






4. Like velvet






5. A slow - downhill movement of soil






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






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






8. Formed from magma crystallization






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






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






11. 'almost a plain'






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






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






14. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone






15. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces






16. Solid part of the earth's surface






17. Magma that comes directly from the mantle






18. Molten rock






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






20. Marble






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






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






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






24. Funnel-shaped depressions created by dissolved limestone






25. Aquifers






26. Chalk






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






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






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






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






31. Is the cycle of thawing and refreezing






32. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface






33. Over 60






34. Moon of saturn






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






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






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






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






39. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean






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






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






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






43. Deposited from solution or by organic processes






44. Settling






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






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






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