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Earth Science
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1. The current geologic era & which began 66.4 million years ago and continues to the present.
continental crust
cementation
Cenozoic
hydrologic cycle
2. A mass of ice & formed by the recrystallization of snow & that flows forward & or has flowed at some time in the past.
shield volcano
geyser
glacier
habitat
3. The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
aquifer
lava flood (plateau basalt)
equinox
drought
4. The color of a mineral in its powdered form obtained from scraping a sample on a ceramic plate
ground water
cleavage
tidal inlet
streak
5. A fracture or zone of fractures along the boundaries of tectonic plates where movement has taken place.
glaciation
density
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
fault
6. The two days of the year on which the noon sun is directly overhead at either 23.5
lithosphere
solstice
biogenic sediment
outer core
7. A natural open space underground & large enough for a person to enter. Most commonly occur by the dissolution of soluble rocks & generally limestone.
oal
rock cycle
cave
eon
8. A major drainage divide separating the drainage to one ocean from another.
continental divide
collisional Boundary
cinder cone
creep
9. A person who makes maps.
cartographer
Proterozoic
fluctuate
cave
10. Molten rock & containing dissolved gases and suspended solid particles. At the Earth's surface & magma is known as lava.
magma
seismograph
weathering
superposition
11. A lake in an abandoned meander.
oxbow lake
star
outer core
stratification
12. Till deposited from main body of glacier during ablation.
moraine
natural resources
sedimentary rock
ground moraine
13. A famous scientist who proposed that the Sun was the center of the solar system not the Earth. (Heliocentrism)
outer core
Copernicus & Nicholas
resources
suspended load
14. 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.
nautical mile
satellite
thermal spring
fault
15. A soft compact calcite & CaCO3 & with varying amounts of silica & quartz & feldspar & or other mineral impurities & generally gray-white or yellow-white and derived chiefly from fossil seashells.
sediment
breakwater
nova -- (Supernova)
chalk
16. Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude lines extend vertically & from pole to pole on a globe.
longitude
swells
luster
hardpan
17. The tectonic region in which two plates meet.
continental shelf
mid-ocean ridges
boundary
granitic
18. A planetary satellite.
Precambrian
Cenozoic
spring
moon
19. Large area of extremely flat ocean floor lying near a continent and generally over 4 km in depth.
atoll
chemical sediment
abyssal plain
epicenter
20. The generally dark & more or less stable part of the organic matter in a soil & so well decomposed that the original sources cannot be identified.
water table
shore
humus
Laurasia
21. A general term for a relatively hard layer of soil at or just below the ground surface & cemented by silica & iron oxide & calcium carbonate & or organic matter.
convection
fjord
intrusive
hardpan
22. A minor tremor that precedes an earthquake. An increase in seismicity may signal that a major release of strain energy is about to occur.
wave trough
foreshock
Mercury
renewable resources
23. The areas of & in & or constituting a city.
aquifer
urban
scour
fluctuate
24. A river that is able to maintain its flow through a desert because of water received from outside the desert.
exotic river
cinder cone
intrusive
landforms
25. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the Underworld. No longer considered a planet.
lithosphere
ozone
Prime Meridian
Pluto
26. A narrow strip of land that has water on either side and connects two larger bodies of water.
watershed
equator
isthmus
mantle
27. A sea level change due to change in load on Earth's crust.
tide
lava flood (plateau basalt)
star
isostatic change in sea level
28. The color of a mineral in its powdered form obtained from scraping a sample on a ceramic plate
steppe
longitude
streak
divergent boundary
29. Mars is named after the Roman god of war. It is the fourth planet from the Sun.
stalactite
outcrop
cartographer
Mars
30. The arrangement of rock units in the proper chronological order from youngest to oldest.
collisional Boundary
swells
Saturn
geologic column
31. The distance between two successive wave crests or troughs.
inner core
wave length
Paleozoic
dust storm
32. Distance over which wave-forming winds blow.
Earth system
moraine
Sun
fetch
33. Pertaining to clastic material formed by volcanic explosion or aerial expulsion from a volcanic vent.
siltation
rock
viscosity
pyroclastic
34. Applies to igneous rocks that cool on the surface of the Earth & including beneath water; typically with small crystals due to the rapidity of cooling. Synonym of extrusive. Antonym of plutonic.
Precambrian
volcanic
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
zone of aeration
35. Heat extracted from the Earth for use as an power source.
Earth
Copernicus & Nicholas
geothermal energy
metamorphic rock
36. The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
tide
lithosphere
striations
crevasse
37. Elongated rises on the ocean floor where basalt periodically erupts & forming new oceanic crust.
mid-ocean ridges
magma
continental crust
coast
38. An earthquake that follows and has its epicenter near a larger earthquake.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
groundtruthing
plain
aftershock
39. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
observator
ozone layer
Earth
stratum
40. The process of mountain building.
hardpan
orogeny
eustatic change in sea level
fossil
41. A low & nearly flat accumulation of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or stream & commonly triangular or fan-shaped.
sextant
volcanic ash
delta
siltation
42. The environment where a particular plant or animal is normally found.
habitat
tell
current speed
intrusive
43. The direction & north (normal) or south (reversed) & that a magnetic compass needle points.
groundtruthing
karst
soil
magnetic polarity
44. 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.
chalk
sandstorm
epicenter
equator
45. An area of land that delivers runoff water & sediment & and dissolved substances to surface water bodies & such as rivers or lakes. All watersheds consist of boundaries & a basin and collection areas.
lithosphere
seamount
watershed
magnetic polarity
46. 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.
salinity
renewable resources
lava
tide
47. Mountains & characterized by extensive folding and thrust faulting & that form at convergent plate boundaries on continents.
divergent boundary
fold and thrust mountains
soil
aa
48. A measure of acidity.
pH
prairie
pipe
coast
49. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
coast
period
volcanic
sinkhole
50. An eruption of lava that takes place from a fracture & usually without producing a cone.
fissure eruption
pipe
prairie
absolute time