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DSST Geology

Subjects : dsst, science, geology
Instructions:
  • Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The downslope movement of rock and soil under the influence of gravity






2. Over 60






3. Aquifers






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






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






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






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






8. Solid part of the earth's surface






9. Moon of saturn






10. Deposited from solution or by organic processes






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






12. Marble






13. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean






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






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






16. Is the cycle of thawing and refreezing






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






18. Like velvet






19. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces






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






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






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






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






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






25. A slow - downhill movement of soil






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






27. Chalk






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






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






30. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone






31. Molten rock






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






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






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






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






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






37. Oval-shaped mound of till






38. Magma that comes directly from the mantle






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






40. Settling






41. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface






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






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






44. Funnel-shaped depressions created by dissolved limestone






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






46. Formed from magma crystallization






47. 'almost a plain'