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1. The height of a place above sea level.
fold and thrust mountains
reserves
loess
elevation
2. Pertaining to or composed of granite & a coarse-grained igneous rock dominated by light-colored minerals & consisting of about 50 percent orthoclase & 25 percent quartz & and balance of feldspars and ferromagnesian silicates. Granite is commonly foun
period
continental divide
oceanic crust
granitic
3. Lacking in rainfall & very dry.
arid
pyroclastic
elevation
Hale-Bopp
4. A zone in the Earth between 400 and 670 km below the surface separating the upper mantle from the lower mantle.
Richter scale
waterfall
mesosphere
stratum
5. The internal resistance to flow in a liquid.
lava
viscosity
hot spot
Richter scale
6. Forms along a coast as wave erosion cuts through a headland.
Mercury
coast
arch
intertidal zone
7. Named after the Roman god of the sea. It is the eighth planet from the Sun.
foliated
neptune
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
geology
8. Shapes & like mountains or hills that make up the Earth's surface.
geothermal energy
landforms
foliated
fault
9. Iron & aluminum & magnesium & manganese & and titanium. Ores of the abundant metals only need to be 3 - 5 times as metal-rich as average rock.
loess
continental shelf
metamorphic rock
abundant metal
10. The point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake.
elevation
period
epicenter
coast
11. An ingredient in a food or other substance that nourishes or promotes growth.
Earth system
nutrient
gravity
dust bowl
12. A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano & through Which magma has passed.
acid rain
fjord
seastack
pipe
13. The production of living matter by organisms that make food using sunlight or chemicals. Usually expressed as grams of carbon per square meter per year.
primary productivity
column
axis
suspended load
14. (Latin- Sol & Greek- Helios)the closest star to Earth. It is a giant ball of gas without any solid surface.
drought
nebula
Sun
inertia
15. The color of a mineral in its powdered form obtained from scraping a sample on a ceramic plate
shoreline
streak
back swamp
foreshock
16. Water that flows across watersheds during and immediately after severe rainstorms. In populated areas & stormwater runoff is often water that cannot be handled by existing sewer systems. Stormwater runoff is the leading source of water pollution in t
greenhouse gases
stormwater runoff
rain shadow deserts
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
17. A pillar formed as a stalactite and stalagmite meet.
column
star
isostatic change in sea level
comet
18. Lava extruded beneath water characterized by pillow shapes.
water table
Pillow Lava
era
fossil
19. A river that is able to maintain its flow through a desert because of water received from outside the desert.
jetty
exotic river
terrestrial
decomposition (chemical weathering)
20. A method of sediment transport in which the turbulence of a fluid is able to keep particles supported in the fluid.
observator
suspension
Milky Way
pipe
21. 1. Breach in a natural levee . 2. Deep crevice or open fracture in glacier ice.
crevasse
kettle
outer core
geyser
22. Sediment formed by chemical precipitation from water. Example: halite precipitated as the result of the evaporation of sea water.
Pluto
chemical sediment
rapids
archaean
23. Elongated rises on the ocean floor where basalt periodically erupts & forming new oceanic crust.
dust bowl
mid-ocean ridges
igneous rock
zone of leaching
24. Either the northern or southern half of the Earth as divided by the equator & or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian.
collisional Boundary
hemisphere
orogeny
smelting
25. An area where fresh water comes into contact with seawater & usually in a partly enclosed coastal body of water; a mix of fresh and salt water where the current of a stream meets the tides.
humus
epicenter
estuary
cone of depression
26. The average weather conditions of an area over many years & as measured by temperature & wind speed & and precipitation.
climate
quarrying
pollutant
ozone layer
27. Iron & aluminum & magnesium & manganese & and titanium. Ores of the abundant metals only need to be 3 - 5 times as metal-rich as average rock.
abundant metal
permafrost
till (unstratified drift)
tidal delta
28. The resistance of a mineral to scratching & as measured by the Mohs scale.
rockslide (rock avalanche)
hardness
Milky Way
archipelago
29. A valley caused by extension of the Earth's crust. Its floor forms as a portion of the crust moves downward along normal faults.
era
luster
elevation
rift (graben)
30. A measure of the strength of an earthquake based on the amount of movement recorded by a seismograph . compare Richter scale.
magnitude
salinization
icecap
eclipse
31. To change back and forth uncertainly.
fluctuate
cementation
comet
hemisphere
32. The two days of the year on which the noon sun is directly overhead at either 23.5
basalt
telescope
Greenhouse Effect
solstice
33. All of space and everything in it.
reserves
plate tectonics
wave length
universe
34. A continuous well-defined mass of material of sufficient ore content to make extraction economically feasible. compare mineral deposit.
bedrock
continental divide
climate
ore deposit
35. The most recent eon of geologic time beginning 570 million years ago and continuing to the present.
desertification
divergent boundary
Phanerozoic
mesosphere
36. The distance between two successive wave crests or troughs.
discharge
Sun
wave length
longitude
37. The process of mountain building.
orogeny
seafloor spreading
isostasy
hydrologic cycle
38. A Hawaiian term for a lava flow that has a rough & jagged surface.
chalk
plain
aa
era
39. The primary division of geologic time which are & from oldest to youngest & the Hadean & Archean & Proterozoic & and Phanerozoic eons.
Uranus
intensity
atmosphere
eon
40. A guide to reading a map that typically contains distance scales & arrows indicating direction & and/or explanations of symbols used.
storm surge
steppe
legend
drainage divide
41. The upper horizons in a soil & through which gravitational moisture travels & removing soluble decomposition products.
zone of leaching
oxbow lake
erosion
superposition
42. An ingredient in a food or other substance that nourishes or promotes growth.
subduction zone
nutrient
nonfoliated
fossil fuel
43. A measure of the size of an earthquake in terms of the damage it causes.
intensity
tide
convection cell
seismology
44. Large area of extremely flat ocean floor lying near a continent and generally over 4 km in depth.
archipelago
kettle
pipe
abyssal plain
45. The resistance of a mineral to scratching & as measured by the Mohs scale.
hardness
fossil fuel
frost wedging
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
46. Deserts in zones of descending air between 25 degrees and 30 degrees north and south latitude.
subtropical deserts
plate boundaries
Copernicus & Nicholas
biogenic sedimentary rock
47. A coral reef attached directly to the mainland.
delta
rock cycle
drainage divide
fringing reef
48. A method of sediment transport in which the turbulence of a fluid is able to keep particles supported in the fluid.
prairie
pipe
bar
suspension
49. Where one plate slides beneath another plate as the two are pushed together & a subduction zone.
erratic
sinkhole
convergent boundary
ground moraine
50. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
Venus
transcontinental
water table
aftershock