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Earth Science
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1. Glacial deposits laid down directly by glaciers or laid down in lakes & ocean & or streams as result of glacial activity.
drift
cartographer
geologic time scale
landforms
2. The primary division of geologic time which are & from oldest to youngest & the Hadean & Archean & Proterozoic & and Phanerozoic eons.
meteoroid
eon
you-shaped valley
luster
3. A ridge of high water associated with a hurricane and which floods over the shore .
till (unstratified drift)
pipe
storm surge
you-shaped valley
4. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
quarrying
hot spot
back swamp
reservoir rock
5. An ingredient in a food or other substance that nourishes or promotes growth.
nutrient
lithosphere
nautical mile
lava lake
6. A hot & gaseous & self-luminous celestial body & as the Sun.
star
estuary
abyssal plain
swash and back wash
7. The straightening and/or deepening of a river channel.
rockslide (rock avalanche)
channelization
estuary
inertia
8. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
back swamp
ozone depletion
thermal spring
nuee ardente
9. A volcano that is composed of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic material & along with abundant dikes and sills. Viscous & intermediate lava may flow from a central vent. Example: Mt. Fuji in Japan.
transcontinental
basalt
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
floodplain
10. Living on land.
hot spot
convection
terrestrial
prairie
11. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
reef
exotic river
El Nino
secchi disk
12. The symbol used on a map to indicate directions & both cardinal and ordinal.
suspended load
compass Rose
seismic gap
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
13. An abandoned meander .
asthenosphere
oxbow
igneous rock
plain
14. 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
body wave
galaxy
Pangea
steppe
15. A vent in the surface of the Earth & from which lava & ash & and gases erupt.
star
period
sinkhole
volcano
16. 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.
shoreline
plate
crystal
marine Chronometer
17. Containing moisture.
wave trough
base
humid
axis
18. 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.
biogenic sediment
bar
rockslide (rock avalanche)
dust devil
19. Elongated rises on the ocean floor where basalt periodically erupts & forming new oceanic crust.
hardness
mid-ocean ridges
pathogen
column
20. An eruption of lava that takes place from a fracture & usually without producing a cone.
fissure eruption
swash and back wash
landforms
geothermal energy
21. Glacial drift composed of rock fragments that range from clay to boulder size and randomly arranged without bedding.
baseline study
till (unstratified drift)
lava lake
abundant metal
22. The first scientist to make systematic use of the telescope in looking at the heavens.
Prime Meridian
nutrient
drainage basin
Galileo
23. 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.
Phanerozoic
Sun
seafloor spreading
rockfall
24. A narrow strip of land that has water on either side and connects two larger bodies of water.
isthmus
snow line
arid
seismograph
25. The outermost part of the core. It is liquid & about 1 &700 km thick & and separated from the inner & solid core by a transition zone about 565 km thick.
discharge
Greenhouse Effect
crevasse
outer core
26. All of space and everything in it.
era
ablation
zone of aeration
universe
27. A division of geologic time next shorter than a period. Example: the Pleistocene epoch is in the Quaternary period.
scour
weathering
epoch
Prime Meridian
28. The processes of weathering by which physical actions such as frost wedging break down a rock into fragments & involving no chemical change.
seismoscope
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
Uniformitarianism
convergent boundary
29. An area subject to dust storms & especially south central United States .
superposition
wind farm
dust bowl
eon
30. An informal term to include all geologic time from the beginning of the Earth to the beginning of the Cambrian period 570 million years ago.
reef
barrier reef
Precambrian
latitude
31. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the Underworld. No longer considered a planet.
outer core
geothermal energy
Pluto
current speed
32. 1. Breach in a natural levee . 2. Deep crevice or open fracture in glacier ice.
petroleum
crevasse
atlas
fetch
33. Weathering processes that are the result of chemical reactions. Example: the transformation of orthoclase to kaolinite.
island arc
rapids
decomposition (chemical weathering)
seamount
34. Mercury is named after the Roman messenger of the gods. It is the closest to the Sun.
orogeny
Earth
humid
Mercury
35. A chuck of rock or dust in space.
triangulation
chemical sedimentary rock
meteoroid
mineral
36. The innermost zone of Earth. It consists of two parts & an outer liquid section and an inner solid section & both chiefly of iron and nickel with about 10 percent lighter elements. It is surrounded by the mantle.
aquatic
humus
trench
core
37. An artificial hill formed by the debris of successive human settlements.
tell
basalt
hemisphere
thrust fault
38. (Greek-Aphrodite)named after the Roman goddess of love. It is the planet closest in size to Earth and the second planted from the Sun.
ablation
Mesozoic
Venus
suspension
39. The study of earthquakes & and of the structure of the Earth by both natural and artificially generated seismic waves.
oxbow lake
Sun
inertia
seismology
40. A segment of an active fault zone that has not experienced a major earthquake during a time period when most other segments of the zone have. They are generally regarded as having a higher potential for future earthquakes.
pyroclastic
compaction
orogeny
seismic gap
41. The reserves of a valuable mineral commodity plus all other mineral deposits that may eventually become available & even those that are presumed to exist but have not yet been discovered and those that are not economically or technologically exploita
resources
compass Rose
metamorphic rock
Phanerozoic
42. A substance that produces positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water.
continental slope
loess
acid
acid rain
43. The galaxy where Earth is located.
inner core
seafloor spreading
intensity
Milky Way
44. A lake of lava & usually basaltic & in a volcanic caldera.
core
lava lake
isthmus
conduction
45. A device containing a free-swinging magnetic needle that is attracted to Earth's magnetic North Pole. Used to determine direction of travel.
period
compass
erosion
stormwater runoff
46. Water beneath the Earth's surface.
pothole
compass
ground water
oxbow
47. A device containing a free-swinging magnetic needle that is attracted to Earth's magnetic North Pole. Used to determine direction of travel.
habitat
current speed
suspended load
compass
48. A rock changed from its original form and/or composition by heat & pressure &shearing stress & or chemically active fluids & or some combination of them.
metamorphic rock
hardpan
hot spot
arid
49. 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
Uniformitarianism
zone of leaching
tidal inlet
50. An instrument used to measure the speed of wind.
humid
climate
dust storm
anemometer