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