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Earth Science
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1. Bent rock strata.
fold
transcontinental
fjord
convection cell
2. A mound or ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
black smoker
hardness
moraine
base
3. A substance that produces negatively charged hydroxide ions ( OH- ) in water and reacts with acids to form salts.
base
Prime Meridian
light-year
body wave
4. A continuous well-defined mass of material of sufficient ore content to make extraction economically feasible. compare mineral deposit.
ore deposit
secchi disk
fault
nebula
5. A hydrocarbon (coal or petroleum) that can be extracted from the Earth for use as a fuel. Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources.
chalk
natural resources
lava dome
fossil fuel
6. The initial point within the Earth that ruptures in an earthquake & directly below the epicenter. The point within the Earth which is the center of an earthquake & at which strain energy is first released and converted to elastic wave energy.
Milky Way
focus
meteoroid
biogenic sedimentary rock
7. A study designed to collect critical data to be used for comparison or as a control in a later study.
baseline study
lava lake
metamorphic rock
karst
8. A Hawaiian term for a basaltic lava flow with a smooth & or ropy surface.
peat
oxbow lake
pahoehoe
nautical mile
9. 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
Greenhouse Effect
plate
viscosity
pahoehoe
10. 1. Breach in a natural levee . 2. Deep crevice or open fracture in glacier ice.
crevasse
magnetic polarity
exotic river
Venus
11. 1. Breach in a natural levee . 2. Deep crevice or open fracture in glacier ice.
lahar
ozone depletion
crevasse
subtropical deserts
12. To change back and forth uncertainly.
oceanic trench
you-shaped valley
fluctuate
pollutant
13. Where one plate slides beneath another plate as the two are pushed together & a subduction zone.
convergent boundary
swells
Venus
calving
14. Till deposited from main body of glacier during ablation.
fault
Mesozoic
groundtruthing
ground moraine
15. Pertaining to clastic material formed by volcanic explosion or aerial expulsion from a volcanic vent.
rapids
zone of leaching
pyroclastic
El Nino
16. The amount of material a stream carries in suspension.
ore
oceanic crust
suspended load
glaciation
17. The reflection of light on a given mineral's surface & classified by intensity and quality.
luster
weathering
pyroclastic
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
18. The environment where a particular plant or animal is normally found.
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
Earth system
habitat
landforms
19. A detailed mathematical description of the cause-and-effect relationships between events that can be used to predict or explain other such events.
scale
scientific model
Sun
natural resources
20. A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano & through Which magma has passed.
pipe
Mercury
axis
quarrying
21. The amount of material a stream carries in suspension.
nautical mile
reservoir rock
magnetic pole
suspended load
22. A large & basin-shaped volcanic depression & more or less circular in form. Typically steep-sided & found at the summit of a shield volcano.
igneous rock
caldera
decomposition (chemical weathering)
magma
23. He area from which a stream and its tributaries receives its water.
Uranus
foliated
drainage basin
karst
24. The principle that states the processes operating to change the Earth in the present also operated in the past.
bar
current speed
scientific model
Uniformitarianism
25. Materials that are found in nature that are useful or necessary for people to live.
casts
stalactite
natural resources
chemical sedimentary rock
26. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
thrust fault
chlorophyll
stratification
levees
27. Any solid material that has settled out of a state of suspension in liquid.
luster
sediment
seismic gap
glacier
28. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
foliated
secchi disk
Hadean
water clarity
29. The closest galaxy to the Milky way. It is approximately 2 million light-years away.
geyser
Andromeda
Proxima Centauri
plate tectonics
30. A vent on the seafloor from which hydrothermal fluids are emitted. Upon mixing with seawater and cooling & the fluids precipitate a cloud of fine-grained sulfide minerals that resembles a cloud of black smoke.
lava lake
dust bowl
black smoker
trench
31. A Hawaiian term for a lava flow that has a rough & jagged surface.
tell
cone of depression
aa
Cenozoic
32. A large ridge or mound-like structure within a body of water that is built by calcareous organisms such as corals & red algae & and bivalves.
rainforest
erratic
flood
reef
33. 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.
solar system
divergent boundary
seismic gap
asthenosphere
34. 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
stratification
Galileo
tectonic Plates
35. Deep steep-sided depression in the ocean floor caused by the subduction of oceanic crust beneath either other oceanic crust or continental crust.
outer core
oceanic trench
period
abundant metal
36. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
nebula
archipelago
groin
Copernicus & Nicholas
37. A general term including both oil and natural gas.
abundant metal
sinkhole
petroleum
permafrost
38. The sudden fall of one or more large pieces of a rock from a cliff.
ozone layer
chemical sedimentary rock
rockfall
Earth
39. The area bordering a stream over which water spreads when the stream tops its channel banks.
thrust fault
subtropical deserts
floodplain
Pangea
40. A mudflow composed chiefly of pyroclastic material on the flanks of a volcano.
continental divide
volcanic ash
volcanic
lahar
41. The point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake.
stalagmite
Mercury
aa
epicenter
42. An artificial hill formed by the debris of successive human settlements.
collisional Boundary
clast
Mesozoic
tell
43. 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.
sedimentary rock
you-shaped valley
continent
rock cycle
44. An instrument used to measure the speed of wind.
anemometer
natural resources
continent
viscosity
45. 1. A low & bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher lands. 2. any large depression in which sediments are deposited.
Paleozoic
natural resources
weathering
basin
46. 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
particulate air pollution
crater
convergent boundary
erosion
47. The area immediately below the ground surface within which pore spaces are partially filled with water and partially filled with air.
reservoir rock
global warming
zone of aeration
density
48. Gases that can be dissociated by solar radiation & which releases chlorine & which in turn destroys ozone.
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49. 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.
scientific model
ground moraine
asthenosphere
base
50. That part of the continental margin that lies between the continental shelf and the continental rise. Slope relatively steep & 3o - 6o. The continental slope is underlain by crustal rocks of the continent.
salinity
you-shaped valley
Saturn
continental slope