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DSST Geology

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






2. Funnel-shaped depressions created by dissolved limestone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Chalk






13. Marble






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






15. Moon of saturn






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






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






18. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean






19. A slow - downhill movement of soil






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






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






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






23. Over 60






24. 'almost a plain'






25. Solid part of the earth's surface






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Molten rock






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






35. Magma that comes directly from the mantle






36. Oval-shaped mound of till






37. Deposited from solution or by organic processes






38. Like velvet






39. Is the cycle of thawing and refreezing






40. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone






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






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






43. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface






44. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces






45. Settling






46. Formed from magma crystallization






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