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Earth Science
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1. The method of locating an epicenter by determining how far it lies from three widely separated seismographs.
biogenic sedimentary rock
ice shelf
triangulation
geothermal energy
2. The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
Sun
legend
jetty
lithosphere
3. Deserts formed by blocking moisture-bearing winds with mountain barriers.
asthenosphere
crevasse
rain shadow deserts
glacier
4. The reflection of light on a given mineral's surface & classified by intensity and quality.
luster
longitude
frost wedging
rift (graben)
5. A depression in the ground formed by the melting of a block of glacier ice buried or partially buried by drift.
mineral
kettle
geologic time scale
particulate air pollution
6. The concept of a sequence of events involving the formation & alteration & destruction and reformation of rocks as a result of geologic processes.
seismology
luster
epicenter
rock cycle
7. A community of plants and/or animals and its physical environment & regarded as a unit.
mineral deposit
ecosystem
swash and back wash
fjord
8. 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.
Venus
precipitation
basalt
Proterozoic
9. Of or relating to or containing basalt & a dark & dense & extrusive rock that has a silica content of 40% to 50% and makes up most of the ocean floor.
basaltic
continental divide
greenhouse gases
reserves
10. The relationship between distances in the area being mapped and distances in the map itself.
flash flood
scale
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
column
11. 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.
conserve
triangulation
Jupiter
Proterozoic
12. A type of volcanic eruption characterized by nuees ardentes and the development of lava domes.
Galileo
primary productivity
continent
Pelean eruption
13. The areas of & in & or constituting a city.
solar system
magma
fossil
urban
14. The very small particles of dirt & soot & and other pollutants that are present in the air.
pothole
Mercury
particulate air pollution
nutrient
15. 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.
pathogen
groundtruthing
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
observator
16. (Latin- Terra & Greek- Gaia) Earth is named after the ancient Germanic Goddess of the soil. It is the third planet from the Sun.
Galileo
Earth
zone of leaching
sand dune
17. A term applied to large areas of basaltic lava presumably extruded from fissures.
lava flood (plateau basalt)
reef
Continntal Drift Theory
legend
18. The presence of layers in some rocks caused by parallel alignment of minerals.
aquifer
intertidal zone
climate
foliated
19. A waste material that contaminates air & water & or soil.
continental divide
asteroid
subtropical deserts
pollutant
20. The southern portion of the late Paleozoic supercontinent known as Pangea. It means & literally 'Land of the Gonds' (a people of the Indian subcontinent).The supercontinent existed from Cambrian to Jurassic time & mainly composed of South America &
Gondwana
column
dust storm
Phanerozoic
21. Mountains & characterized by extensive folding and thrust faulting & that form at convergent plate boundaries on continents.
hot spot
focus
superposition
fold and thrust mountains
22. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles & primarily altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude.
thermal spring
neptune
sextant
ore deposit
23. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
fetch
streak
eclipse
archaean
24. The very slow & generally continuous downslope movement of soil and debris under the influence of gravity.
inertia
creep
gemstone
exotic river
25. The naturally occurring material from which a mineral or minerals of economic value can be extracted at a profit.
reef
ecosystem
ozone depletion
ore
26. The naturally occurring material from which a mineral or minerals of economic value can be extracted at a profit.
pipe
geothermal energy
shore
ore
27. A hot & gaseous & self-luminous celestial body & as the Sun.
jetty
rift (graben)
Galileo
star
28. A worldwide change in sea level & such as caused by melting glaciers.
eustatic change in sea level
boundary
density
oxbow lake
29. Plutonic. Antonym of extrusive. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed by the emplacement of magma in pre-existing rocks.
intrusive
marine Chronometer
fluctuate
Hadean
30. Living on land.
pH
transcontinental
archaean
terrestrial
31. Deposits of wind-borne dust.
loess
fjord
legend
fault
32. An imaginary circle around the earth that represents the halfway mark between the North and South Poles and establishes the boundary between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
mineral deposit
equator
Saturn
core
33. Any of various minerals prized for beauty & durability & and rarity. A few noncrystalline materials of organic origin (e.g. & pearl & red coral & and amber) also are classified as gemstones.
continental crust
magnitude
intertidal zone
gemstone
34. A vent in the surface of the Earth & from which lava & ash & and gases erupt.
wave trough
volcano
zone of leaching
Hadean
35. Refers to rock or sediments made up primarily of broken fragments of pre-existing rocks or minerals.
clastic
water clarity
coast
fold
36. Extending across a continent.
wave crest
discharge
transcontinental
peat
37. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
compaction
coast
glacier
meteoroid
38. Any solid material that has settled out of a state of suspension in liquid.
sediment
loess
oal
epicenter
39. A geometrical form taken by a mineral & giving external expression to orderly internal atomic arrangement.
compass
seismology
crystal
humid
40. The level of light that penetrates through water.
rock cycle
water clarity
chalk
fossil
41. A large amount of gas and dust in space & spread out in an immense volume.
sediment
Greenhouse Effect
crevasse
nebula
42. The environment where a particular plant or animal is normally found.
hardness
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
seismic gap
habitat
43. A method of sediment transport in which the turbulence of a fluid is able to keep particles supported in the fluid.
cleavage
watershed
superposition
suspension
44. The upper horizons in a soil & through which gravitational moisture travels & removing soluble decomposition products.
habitat
icecap
zone of leaching
magma
45. The way in which a rock or mineral breaks in random patterns rather than cleaving
volcanic ash
divergent boundary
ice sheet
fracture
46. 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.
nutrient
nautical mile
hardpan
swells
47. Temporary accumulations of sediments that collect between low and high water marks.
solar system
beach
drought
zone of saturation
48. A general term including both oil and natural gas.
geologic column
petroleum
atoll
salinity
49. Deserts formed by blocking moisture-bearing winds with mountain barriers.
rain shadow deserts
eon
basalt
orogeny
50. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
sod
Pillow Lava
flood
lithification