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Earth Science
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1. The process by which an unconsolidated deposit of sediments is converted in to solid rock.
open pit mining
drainage divide
lithification
cone of depression
2. The zones of seismic activity long which plates are in contact.
plate boundaries
snow line
isostasy
basin
3. A small ice sheet.
icecap
seismograph
lava lake
water table
4. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
siltation
fjord
back swamp
coast
5. An instrument that detects & magnifies & and records vibrations of the Earth & especially earthquakes.
solstice
crevasse
seismograph
Modified Mercalli Scale
6. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
tectonic Plates
aftershock
Proxima Centauri
epicenter
7. A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer.
star
open pit mining
seafloor spreading
telescope
8. In the geologic time scale a unit of time less than an era and greater than an epoch. Example: The Tertiary period was the earliest period in the Cenozoic era and included & among others & the Eocene epoch.
water table
vesicle
period
floodplain
9. Sediments produced directly by the life processes of plants or animals.
equator
cartographer
eclipse
biogenic sediment
10. A supercontinent that existed from the the end of the Permian to the Jurassic & 300 to 200 million years ago & assembled from large continents like Euramerica & Gondwana & and Siberia & as well as smaller landmasses like the Cathaysian and Cimmerian
sedimentary rock
pahoehoe
rift (graben)
Pangea
11. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
thermal spring
lithosphere
biogenic sedimentary rock
water table
12. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
hardpan
coast
calving
focus
13. A coral reef attached directly to the mainland.
Earth
marine Chronometer
fringing reef
rapids
14. The current geologic era & which began 66.4 million years ago and continues to the present.
prairie
beach
ice sheet
Cenozoic
15. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
observator
core
eon
wave height
16. A delta formed at both sides of a tidal inlet.
meteoroid
tidal delta
base
waterfall
17. A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer.
pathogen
suspended load
telescope
abyssal plain
18. The relationship between distances in the area being mapped and distances in the map itself.
archipelago
mesosphere
intertidal zone
scale
19. A sedimentary rock composed primarily of biogenic sediments.
surf
water table
nonfoliated
biogenic sedimentary rock
20. A coral reef separated from the mainland by a lagoon.
loess
hardness
intrusive
barrier reef
21. A thickened elevated region of Earth's crust that is mainly (but not entirely) above sea level.
continent
focus
body wave
mineral deposit
22. Deserts in zones of descending air between 25 degrees and 30 degrees north and south latitude.
natural resources
subtropical deserts
plutonic
lava
23. A general term including both oil and natural gas.
petroleum
barrier reef
satellite
igneous rock
24. The sudden fall of one or more large pieces of a rock from a cliff.
landforms
rockfall
seismograph
tidal delta
25. The geologic eon lying between the Archean and Phanerozoic eons & beginning about 2.5 billion years ago and ending about 0.57 billion years ago.
Proterozoic
fracture
hemisphere
precipitation
26. A person who makes maps.
cartographer
caldera
erratic
floodplain
27. Forms along a coast as wave erosion cuts through a headland.
gravity
acid
swells
arch
28. The environment where a particular plant or animal is normally found.
back swamp
geothermal energy
barrier beaches
habitat
29. The tectonic region in which two plates meet.
equinox
boundary
collisional Boundary
nautical mile
30. A valley carved by glacier erosion and whose cross-valley profile has steep sides and a nearly flat floor & suggestive of a large letter 'you'.
you-shaped valley
tectonic Plates
channelization
continent
31. A thickened elevated region of Earth's crust that is mainly (but not entirely) above sea level.
continent
volcano
fossil
nova -- (Supernova)
32. Containing moisture.
tidal inlet
seastack
humid
levees
33. The process by which building stone & usually in blocks or sheets & is extracted from the Earth. radiation -- (Electromagnetic radiation) -- energy that travels through space in the form of waves without the intervention of matter & as in the transp
groove
magnetic pole
rockslide (rock avalanche)
quarrying
34. A mound or ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
basin
elevation
moraine
salinity
35. 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
divergent boundary
jetty
wave length
36. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles & primarily altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude.
crater
meander
sod
sextant
37. A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano & through Which magma has passed.
ecosystem
telescope
shoreline
pipe
38. 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.
karst
archipelago
erratic
drift
39. A thick layer of soil.
discharge
fossil fuel
sod
sandstorm
40. A valley caused by extension of the Earth's crust. Its floor forms as a portion of the crust moves downward along normal faults.
jetty
scour
rift (graben)
wave trough
41. Gases (primarily water and carbon dioxide & but also a variety of sulfur and nitrogen compounds and gaseous hydrocarbons) that trap the Sun's heat in the atmosphere.
creep
greenhouse gases
galaxy
Global Positioning System (GPS)
42. A planetary satellite.
black smoker
Phanerozoic
swells
moon
43. That part of the continental margin that lies between the continental shelf and the continental rise. Slope relatively steep & 3o - 6o. The continental slope is underlain by crustal rocks of the continent.
black smoker
seismoscope
sod
continental slope
44. All of space and everything in it.
oal
resources
fluctuate
universe
45. A giant structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars.
resources
plate tectonics
Cenozoic
galaxy
46. The process of removing metal from ore.
geothermal energy
fluctuate
smelting
drainage divide
47. The resistance of a mineral to scratching & as measured by the Mohs scale.
sedimentary rock
plutonic
oxbow lake
hardness
48. A type of thermal spring which ejects water intermittently with considerable force.
geyser
lahar
crust
wave trough
49. Surficial mining & in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overlying rock or soil.
Cenozoic
open pit mining
light-year
seismic gap
50. Glacial deposits laid down directly by glaciers or laid down in lakes & ocean & or streams as result of glacial activity.
secchi disk
stratification
drift
shield volcano