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1. A spring whose temperature is 6.5o C or more above mean annual air temperature.
Copernicus & Nicholas
seismograph
waterfall
thermal spring
2. A mound or ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
moraine
eclipse
open pit mining
3. The areas of & in & or constituting a city.
Phanerozoic
nuee ardente
isostatic change in sea level
urban
4. A stone or boulder & glacially transported from place of origin and left in an area of different bedrock composition.
erratic
volcanic
continental divide
focus
5. Soil conditions prevailing in area whose mean annual temperature is 0o C.
isostatic change in sea level
permafrost
discharge
hemisphere
6. A volcano in the shape of a flattened cone & broad and low & built by very fluid flows of basaltic lava.
cementation
rockfall
shield volcano
arid
7. 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
granitic
Pillow Lava
pathogen
bedrock
8. The pattern of water circulation from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean.
meteoroid
Andromeda
hydrologic cycle
shield volcano
9. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the Underworld. No longer considered a planet.
Pluto
tectonic Plates
cinder cone
drainage divide
10. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
secchi disk
continental divide
continental slope
striations
11. A natural depression in the surface of the land caused by the collapse of the roof of a cavern or subterranean passage & generally occurring in limestone regions.
sinkhole
sediment
inertia
ore
12. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
natural resources
icecap
cementation
epicenter
13. The reflection of light on a given mineral's surface & classified by intensity and quality.
luster
fetch
Pelean eruption
basaltic
14. The level of light that penetrates through water.
rockfall
water clarity
Phanerozoic
period
15. A hydrocarbon (coal or petroleum) that can be extracted from the Earth for use as a fuel. Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources.
Pangea
fossil fuel
intertidal zone
Gondwana
16. A conical volcano formed by the accumulation of pyroclastic debris around a vent.
spring
cinder cone
levees
precipitation
17. A region of high heat flow on the Earth's surface & thought to lie above a mantle plume .
peat
telescope
zone of saturation
hot spot
18. Deserts formed by blocking moisture-bearing winds with mountain barriers.
zone of aeration
rain shadow deserts
casts
eclipse
19. A ridge of high water associated with a hurricane and which floods over the shore .
peat
storm surge
seafloor spreading
cartographer
20. A river that is able to maintain its flow through a desert because of water received from outside the desert.
dust devil
equator
exotic river
epoch
21. The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
biogenic sediment
fissure eruption
lithosphere
orogeny
22. 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'.
rainforest
geologic time scale
you-shaped valley
pipe
23. Ratio between weight of given volume of material and weight of equal volume of pure water.
flash flood
specific gravity
biogenic sediment
estuary
24. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
rift (graben)
acid rain
back swamp
crust
25. 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.
rockfall
solar system
primary productivity
black smoker
26. A spring whose temperature is 6.5o C or more above mean annual air temperature.
glacier
thermal spring
sedimentary rock
prairie
27. Refers to rock or sediments made up primarily of broken fragments of pre-existing rocks or minerals.
clastic
liquefaction
Copernicus & Nicholas
dust devil
28. The effect of water and carbon dioxide absorbing outgoing infrared radiation & raising a system's temperature. The term is generally used with reference to the Earth's temperature & although it can also be applied to other systems & such as greenhous
chalk
nutrient
Greenhouse Effect
cone of depression
29. A layer of sedimentary rock; plural is strata.
plate boundaries
glaciation
coast
stratum
30. That portion of the Earth below the crust and reaching to about 2 &780 km & where a transition zone of about 100 km thickness separates it from the core.
open pit mining
coast
loess
mantle
31. To change back and forth uncertainly.
fluctuate
volcanic
pothole
gemstone
32. The zones of seismic activity long which plates are in contact.
constellation
swash and back wash
plate boundaries
fossil fuel
33. Rock formed from the accumulation of sediment & Which may consist of fragments and mineral grains of varying sizes from pre-existing rocks & remains or products of animals and plants & the products of chemical action & or mixtures of these.
volcano
inertia
sedimentary rock
nautical mile
34. A term applied to large areas of basaltic lava presumably extruded from fissures.
Pangea
lava flood (plateau basalt)
Hale-Bopp
loess
35. 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.
light-year
hot spot
plate
plutonic
36. A steep-sided rounded extrusion of highly viscous lava squeezed out from a volcano and forming a dome-shaped or bulbous mass above and around the volcanic vent. The structure generally develops inside a volcanic crater.
Phanerozoic
lava dome
asteroid
Earth system
37. Materials that are found in nature that are useful or necessary for people to live.
black smoker
elevation
asteroid
natural resources
38. Gases that can be dissociated by solar radiation & which releases chlorine & which in turn destroys ozone.
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39. The seaward edge of coast between low tide and effective wave action.
shore
aftershock
metamorphic rock
marine Chronometer
40. 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.
habitat
flood
absolute time
core
41. 1. A low & bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher lands. 2. any large depression in which sediments are deposited.
levees
basin
sandstorm
prairie
42. 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
seastack
Pangea
snow line
streak
43. An earthquake that follows and has its epicenter near a larger earthquake.
isthmus
Pelean eruption
wave trough
aftershock
44. A protective wall built offshore and usually parallel to the shore.
trench
breakwater
mineral deposit
kettle
45. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
salinity
soil
moon
Hale-Bopp
46. 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.
nuee ardente
thermal spring
bar
eon
47. A large area of flat or nearly flat land.
plain
star
Mesozoic
liquefaction
48. Any accumulation of material & by settling from water or air & chemical precipitation & evaporation from solution & etc.
Richter scale
suspension
deposition
stalagmite
49. Any molten material that is extrusive or volcanic & or the rock that forms from a molten extrusive. Molten rock that flows at the Earth's surface.
seismology
lava
secchi disk
groove
50. Any place where bedrock is visible on the surface of the Earth.
isostatic change in sea level
outcrop
compass Rose
seamount