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Earth Science
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1. A large amount of gas and dust in space & spread out in an immense volume.
Cenozoic
nebula
continental crust
erratic
2. A downward distortion or dimple in the water table that forms as a well pumps water faster than it can flow through the aquifer.
isostasy
tidal delta
precipitation
cone of depression
3. The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases.
galaxy
global warming
basaltic
elevation
4. Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets.
asteroid
fringing reef
stormwater runoff
smelting
5. Soil conditions prevailing in area whose mean annual temperature is 0o C.
Galileo
weathering
permafrost
continental divide
6. Temporary accumulations of sediments that collect between low and high water marks.
beach
tectonic Plates
kettle
salinity
7. A broad & mound-like mass of glacier ice that usually spreads radially outward from a central zone.
black smoker
legend
ice sheet
primary productivity
8. The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
acid
rockslide (rock avalanche)
reserves
lithosphere
9. The dust-sized & sharp-edged & glassy particles resulting from an explosive volcanic eruption.
primary productivity
volcanic ash
acid
atlas
10. Uranus is named after the Roman god of the sky. It is the seventh planet from the Sun.
Uranus
Mars
pipe
seastack
11. The environment where a particular plant or animal is normally found.
habitat
runoff
hardness
magnetic polarity
12. The process of mountain building.
orogeny
hot spot
smelting
beach
13. A landscape that develops from the action of ground water in areas of easily soluble rocks. It is usually characterized by caves & underground drainage and sinkholes.
Hale-Bopp
karst
barrier reef
light-year
14. The science that deals with the study of the planet Earth--the materials of which it is made & the processes that act to change these materials from one form to another & and the history recorded by these materials; the forces acting to deform the ou
Prime Meridian
siltation
groin
geology
15. A hole or basin cut into bedrock of a stream by the abrasive action of pebbles and sand swirled by turbulent stream flow.
pothole
cave
stratification
legend
16. Gases that can be dissociated by solar radiation & which releases chlorine & which in turn destroys ozone.
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17. The upper horizons in a soil & through which gravitational moisture travels & removing soluble decomposition products.
zone of leaching
crater
transform boundary
stalactite
18. The Sun with all the celestial bodies that revolve around it.
solar system
lava dome
continental slope
Continntal Drift Theory
19. The level of light that penetrates through water.
seismograph
seismic gap
water clarity
snow line
20. The persistence of wind-formed waves after wind ceases.
swells
anemometer
shore
arch
21. An area of land that delivers runoff water & sediment & and dissolved substances to surface water bodies & such as rivers or lakes. All watersheds consist of boundaries & a basin and collection areas.
solar system
casts
Uniformitarianism
watershed
22. All unconsolidated materials above bedrock. Natural earthy materials on the Earth's surface & in places modified or even made by human activity & containing living matter & and supporting or capable of supporting plants out of doors.
drift
scale
plate
soil
23. A sea wave produced by any large-scale & short duration disturbance on the seafloor & commonly a shallow submarine earthquake but possibly also a submarine slide or volcanic eruption.
rain shadow deserts
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
black hole
humid
24. A wall built out from the shore & usually at perpendicular to it to trap sand carried by longshore currents .
groin
fossil fuel
rock
watershed
25. A layer of sedimentary rock; plural is strata.
stratum
coast
longitude
ecosystem
26. A downward distortion or dimple in the water table that forms as a well pumps water faster than it can flow through the aquifer.
cone of depression
marine Chronometer
Pluto
beach
27. A vent in the surface of the Earth & from which lava & ash & and gases erupt.
volcano
Mars
Earth
sandstorm
28. Refers to rock or sediments made up primarily of broken fragments of pre-existing rocks or minerals.
crevasse
sinkhole
clastic
climate
29. A rigid segment of the Earth's lithosphere that moves horizontally and adjoins other plates along zones of seismic activity. Plates may include portions of both continents and ocean basins.
pahoehoe
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
groove
plate
30. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles & primarily altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude.
exotic river
sextant
subduction zone
ore deposit
31. An area in which a large number of windmills have been erected to generate electrical power.
Proxima Centauri
water clarity
wind farm
acid rain
32. A flood that rises and falls very rapidly.
flash flood
Venus
frost wedging
arch
33. 1. A mass of sand & gravel & or alluvium deposited on the bed of a stream & sea & or lake & or at the mouth of a stream 2. A unit of pressure & approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
spring
hot spot
bar
anemometer
34. Named after the Roman god of the sea. It is the eighth planet from the Sun.
groundtruthing
neptune
hardpan
dust storm
35. The process by which ocean floors spread laterally from crests of main ocean ridges. As material moves laterally from the ridge & new material replaces it along the ridge crest by welling upward from the mantle.
geologic column
universe
seafloor spreading
biogenic sediment
36. A sedimentary rock composed of combustible matter derived from the partial decomposition of plant material.
Galileo
prairie
oal
basaltic
37. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
stratification
nebula
rain shadow deserts
quarrying
38. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
water table
epicenter
scale
rift (graben)
39. A low & nearly flat accumulation of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or stream & commonly triangular or fan-shaped.
subduction
delta
salinity
atlas
40. A thickened elevated region of Earth's crust that is mainly (but not entirely) above sea level.
you-shaped valley
pyroclastic
continent
anemometer
41. Turbulent stream water flow down a steep gradient & but not as steep as in a waterfall.
Proxima Centauri
rapids
triangulation
humus
42. A unit of length used in sea navigation based on the length of 1 minute of arc on a great circle. On Earth & 1 minute of latitude.
nautical mile
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
Modified Mercalli Scale
pothole
43. Iron & aluminum & magnesium & manganese & and titanium. Ores of the abundant metals only need to be 3 - 5 times as metal-rich as average rock.
resources
abundant metal
icecap
rock cycle
44. The symbol used on a map to indicate directions & both cardinal and ordinal.
hot spot
compass Rose
sedimentary rock
geyser
45. A geometrical form taken by a mineral & giving external expression to orderly internal atomic arrangement.
Pluto
crystal
flood
asthenosphere
46. The arrangement of rock units in the proper chronological order from youngest to oldest.
plate
geothermal energy
geologic column
epoch
47. The most recent eon of geologic time beginning 570 million years ago and continuing to the present.
Phanerozoic
humid
bar
Venus
48. The process by which an unconsolidated deposit of sediments is converted in to solid rock.
lithification
isthmus
crater
mantle
49. A slide involving a downward and usually sudden movement of newly detached segments of bedrock sliding or slipping over an inclined surface of weakness such as a bedding plane & fault plane & or joint surface.
latitude
rockslide (rock avalanche)
creep
Proxima Centauri
50. A flood that rises and falls very rapidly.
thrust fault
gravity
flash flood
comet