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DSST Geology

Subjects : dsst, science, geology
Instructions:
  • Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface






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






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






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






5. Settling






6. Over 60






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






8. A slow - downhill movement of soil






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






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






11. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone






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






13. Molten rock






14. Aquifers






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






16. Deposited from solution or by organic processes






17. Solid part of the earth's surface






18. Magma that comes directly from the mantle






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






20. Chalk






21. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces






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






23. Like velvet






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






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






26. Marble






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






28. Funnel-shaped depressions created by dissolved limestone






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






30. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean






31. Oval-shaped mound of till






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






33. Is the cycle of thawing and refreezing






34. Formed from magma crystallization






35. 'almost a plain'






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






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






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






39. Moon of saturn






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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