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1. The closest star to Earth besides the sun. It is approximately 4 light years away.
drift
Proxima Centauri
water clarity
gravity
2. The process by which a binding & or cementing & agent is precipitated in spaces among individual particles of a deposit. Common cementing agents are calcite & quartz & and dolomite.
continental divide
oceanic crust
basin
cementation
3. A chuck of rock or dust in space.
scour
trench
snow line
meteoroid
4. 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.
mesosphere
levees
watershed
wave trough
5. A flat & dry plain covered with short grass.
steppe
swash and back wash
compression fossil
climate
6. 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.
biogenic sediment
moraine
conserve
gemstone
7. The top of a wave.
erratic
wave crest
resources
El Nino
8. A thick layer of soil.
density
ecosystem
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
sod
9. A fracture or zone of fractures along the boundaries of tectonic plates where movement has taken place.
fault
jetty
seismoscope
aa
10. The line separating land and water.
shoreline
superposition
Greenhouse Effect
divergent boundary
11. Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance in degrees north or south of the equator. Latitude lines extend horizontally & from east to west on a globe.
basaltic
latitude
seafloor spreading
shield volcano
12. A layer of sedimentary rock; plural is strata.
continental shelf
hot spot
stratum
archaean
13. A downward distortion or dimple in the water table that forms as a well pumps water faster than it can flow through the aquifer.
runoff
region
cone of depression
liquefaction
14. The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
equinox
hot spot
scale
desertification
15. A broad & deep & generally straight furrow carved in bed rock by the abrasive action of debris embedded in a moving glacier. Larger and deeper than a glacial striation.
fossil fuel
elevation
intensity
groove
16. Where two plates are moving in opposite directions as in a mid-ocean ridge.
dust storm
divergent boundary
archipelago
clastic
17. A study designed to collect critical data to be used for comparison or as a control in a later study.
seamount
wave crest
smelting
baseline study
18. The galaxy where Earth is located.
Milky Way
breakwater
ablation
trench
19. Mercury is named after the Roman messenger of the gods. It is the closest to the Sun.
ore
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
Mercury
shield volcano
20. The oldest eon in Earth history & extending from the origin of the Earth to about 3.9 billion years ago.
hardness
hardness
sod
Hadean
21. Plutonic. Antonym of extrusive. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed by the emplacement of magma in pre-existing rocks.
Pluto
humid
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
intrusive
22. The chronological sequence of units of Earth time.
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
anemometer
geologic time scale
decomposition (chemical weathering)
23. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
aftershock
lava lake
intensity
stratification
24. 1. A steep-walled & usually conical depression at the summit or on the flanks of a volcano & resulting from the explosive ejection of material from a vent. 2. A bowl-shaped depression with a raised & overturned rim produced by the impact of a meteori
crater
reef
reef
Modified Mercalli Scale
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.
outer core
strip mining
basalt
aftershock
26. A landscape that develops from the action of ground water in areas of easily soluble rocks. It is usually characterized by caves & underground drainage and sinkholes.
calving
casts
pipe
karst
27. The amount of material a stream carries in suspension.
cinder cone
prairie
suspended load
sod
28. The attractive force between two objects; its magnitude depends on their masses and the distance between them.
gravity
conserve
thrust fault
flood
29. 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.
watershed
oceanic crust
orogeny
lava
30. Iron & aluminum & magnesium & manganese & and titanium. Ores of the abundant metals only need to be 3 - 5 times as metal-rich as average rock.
natural resources
quarrying
abundant metal
continent
31. A flood that rises and falls very rapidly.
drought
rockslide (rock avalanche)
flash flood
hardpan
32. The great circle on the Earth's surface passing through The North and South Poles & which is considered 0 degrees longitude. The prime meridian passes through Greenwich & England & and is used as a reference point for measuring longitude east and w
streak
sinkhole
chlorophyll
Prime Meridian
33. The Earth's crust underlying the ocean basins which is formed at mid-oceanic ridges. It is typically 5 to 10 kilometers thick composed of basalt.
subduction zone
Greenhouse Effect
oceanic crust
barrier reef
34. The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases.
asthenosphere
escarpment
Prime Meridian
global warming
35. A method of sediment transport in which the turbulence of a fluid is able to keep particles supported in the fluid.
till (unstratified drift)
salinization
suspension
Saturn
36. Refers to rock or sediments made up primarily of broken fragments of pre-existing rocks or minerals.
longitude
clastic
continental crust
lava flood (plateau basalt)
37. 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.
magnetic pole
hardpan
granitic
sediment
38. Fossils formed when water containing minerals leaks into a mold. The minerals harden to form a copy of the original structure or organism.
casts
arid
groin
transform boundary
39. A floating ice sheet extending across water from a land-based glacier.
ice shelf
base
terrestrial
water table
40. The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place.
oxbow
core
inertia
arid
41. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
epicenter
jetty
foreshock
divergent boundary
42. A community of plants and/or animals and its physical environment & regarded as a unit.
Jupiter
convergent boundary
ecosystem
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
43. The rise and fall of sea level caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on the Earth.
latitude
tide
rock cycle
asteroid
44. An icicle-shaped accumulation of dripstone hanging from cave roof.
geologic column
stalactite
seafloor spreading
Proxima Centauri
45. Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another & without moving the particle to a new location.
scientific model
conduction
Phanerozoic
axis
46. The outermost layer of the Earth & varying in thickness from about 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the oceans & to 65 kilometers (about 40 miles) below the continents; represents less than 1 percent of the Earth's volume.
crust
crevasse
seismoscope
tidal delta
47. He area from which a stream and its tributaries receives its water.
continental shelf
Greenhouse Effect
stratum
drainage basin
48. 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'.
stalactite
legend
Uniformitarianism
you-shaped valley
49. All unconsolidated materials above bedrock. Natural earthy materials on the Earth's surface & in places modified or even made by human activity & containing living matter & and supporting or capable of supporting plants out of doors.
liquefaction
creep
soil
creep
50. The reflection of light on a given mineral's surface & classified by intensity and quality.
chlorophyll
luster
watershed
dust storm
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