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DSST Geology

Subjects : dsst, science, geology
Instructions:
  • Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Chalk






2. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface






3. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean






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






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






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






7. Marble






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






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






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






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






12. Magma that comes directly from the mantle






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






14. A slow - downhill movement of soil






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






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






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






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






19. Over 60






20. Formed from magma crystallization






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






22. Moon of saturn






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






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






25. Deposited from solution or by organic processes






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






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






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






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






30. Funnel-shaped depressions created by dissolved limestone






31. Aquifers






32. Solid part of the earth's surface






33. Molten rock






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






35. Settling






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






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






38. Like velvet






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






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






41. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone






42. 'almost a plain'






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






44. Oval-shaped mound of till






45. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces






46. Is the cycle of thawing and refreezing






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