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Earth Science
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1. The first scientist to make systematic use of the telescope in looking at the heavens.
Galileo
convection
constellation
cartographer
2. An icicle-shaped accumulation of dripstone hanging from cave roof.
stalactite
plain
scour
strip mining
3. The very slow & generally continuous downslope movement of soil and debris under the influence of gravity.
Andromeda
moraine
creep
scale
4. A statement of relative age in layered rocks: In a series of sedimentary rocks that has not been overturned & the topmost layer is always the youngest and the bottommost layer is always the oldest.
tectonic Plates
superposition
cartographer
waterfall
5. Fossils formed when water containing minerals leaks into a mold. The minerals harden to form a copy of the original structure or organism.
Pillow Lava
casts
Proterozoic
cementation
6. 1. A low & bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher lands. 2. any large depression in which sediments are deposited.
eon
bedrock
basin
calving
7. 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.
pothole
plate
ground water
scale
8. The weak or 'soft' zone in the upper mantle just below the lithosphere & involved in plate movement and isostatic adjustments. It lies 70 to 100 km below the surface and may extend to a depth of 400 km.
secchi disk
gravity
asthenosphere
inner core
9. As applied to glacier ice & the process by which ice below the snow line is wasted by evaporation and melting.
ablation
focus
galaxy
atoll
10. Any porous and permeable rock that yields oil or natural gas.
strip mining
conduction
reservoir rock
ore
11. 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.
cementation
isthmus
channelization
magnetic polarity
12. Bent rock strata.
universe
erratic
fold
quarrying
13. A measure of the size of an earthquake in terms of the damage it causes.
you-shaped valley
intensity
Modified Mercalli Scale
fjord
14. The southern portion of the late Paleozoic supercontinent known as Pangea. It means & literally 'Land of the Gonds' (a people of the Indian subcontinent).The supercontinent existed from Cambrian to Jurassic time & mainly composed of South America &
rift (graben)
reservoir rock
subtropical deserts
Gondwana
15. A group of stars that appear to make a pattern in the sky. The Big Dipper is a constellation.
epicenter
constellation
frost wedging
fold
16. A measure of acidity.
reserves
pathogen
pH
suspended load
17. The formation & advance and retreat of glaciers and the results of these activities.
glaciation
mineral
groove
convergent boundary
18. A comet that passed Earth in 1997 and won't return to the inner solar system until the year 4377.
Hale-Bopp
fossil
ground moraine
creep
19. A narrow & steep-walled depression in the ocean floor & much deeper than the adjacent ocean and associated with a subduction zone.
trench
metamorphic rock
seastack
prairie
20. A cyclical pattern of movement in a fluid body such as the ocean & the atmosphere & or the Earth's mantle & driven by density variations which in turn are the result of differences in temperature from one part of the fluid to another.
convection cell
axis
seismoscope
absolute time
21. The study of earthquakes & and of the structure of the Earth by both natural and artificially generated seismic waves.
seismology
compass Rose
plain
tidal inlet
22. The condition of equilibrium & comparable to floating & of units of the lithosphere above the asthenosphere.
glacier
equator
inertia
isostasy
23. Gases (primarily water and carbon dioxide & but also a variety of sulfur and nitrogen compounds and gaseous hydrocarbons) that trap the Sun's heat in the atmosphere.
quarrying
greenhouse gases
tidal inlet
ore
24. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
acid rain
archipelago
Richter scale
igneous rock
25. 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.
abyssal plain
seafloor spreading
kettle
climate
26. Any object that revolves around another object in space.
legend
humid
Gondwana
satellite
27. Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets.
archaean
particulate air pollution
asteroid
secchi disk
28. The height of a place above sea level.
elevation
tide
magnetic equator
rift (graben)
29. A rock changed from its original form and/or composition by heat & pressure &shearing stress & or chemically active fluids & or some combination of them.
swells
metamorphic rock
volcanic ash
deflation
30. A thick layer of soil.
humid
sod
Pluto
basalt
31. 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.
gemstone
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
Precambrian
erratic
32. The sudden fall of one or more large pieces of a rock from a cliff.
rockfall
global warming
shoreline
isostatic change in sea level
33. A ridge of high water associated with a hurricane and which floods over the shore .
cementation
deflation
siltation
storm surge
34. A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano & through Which magma has passed.
tide
gravity
pipe
greenhouse gases
35. Mars is named after the Roman god of war. It is the fourth planet from the Sun.
geologic time scale
Mars
Prime Meridian
reservoir rock
36. Living parts of the environment that can renew or replace themselves.
renewable resources
Pluto
dust devil
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
37. Plutonic. Antonym of extrusive. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed by the emplacement of magma in pre-existing rocks.
intrusive
zone of aeration
legend
hemisphere
38. 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
thrust fault
Galileo
lava lake
39. Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another & without moving the particle to a new location.
jetty
conduction
erosion
tide
40. A layer of sedimentary rock; plural is strata.
stratum
transform boundary
fossil fuel
oceanic crust
41. A valley caused by extension of the Earth's crust. Its floor forms as a portion of the crust moves downward along normal faults.
rift (graben)
geology
Gondwana
sod
42. A sea level change due to change in load on Earth's crust.
column
drought
isostatic change in sea level
rock cycle
43. 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.
climate
water table
watershed
Hadean
44. A worldwide change in sea level & such as caused by melting glaciers.
watershed
eustatic change in sea level
casts
estuary
45. A device containing a free-swinging magnetic needle that is attracted to Earth's magnetic North Pole. Used to determine direction of travel.
lava
compass
secchi disk
sedimentary rock
46. The process of removing metal from ore.
deflation
groundtruthing
hydrologic cycle
smelting
47. A mass of ice & formed by the recrystallization of snow & that flows forward & or has flowed at some time in the past.
urban
aquatic
thermal spring
glacier
48. (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.
atoll
plate tectonics
sediment
Venus
49. Formed when an organism is flattened (compressed) and a thin film of organic material from its body is left in the rock.
fracture
you-shaped valley
compression fossil
atmosphere
50. Any place where bedrock is visible on the surface of the Earth.
convection
outcrop
rapids
metamorphic rock