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Earth Science
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1. Living in water.
aquatic
fringing reef
vesicle
meteoroid
2. A type of disintegration in which jointed rock is forced apart by the expansion of water as it freezes in fractures.
beach
open pit mining
frost wedging
lava dome
3. The remains of an extremely massive star pulled into a small volume by the force of gravity.
Uniformitarianism
black hole
plate
compass Rose
4. A time of unusual winds and currents in the Pacific Ocean . El Nino generally causes warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures and increased rainfall and storm activity.
oceanic crust
swash and back wash
El Nino
asteroid
5. Open pit mining & typically for coal.
precipitation
strip mining
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
stalagmite
6. Heat transport by moving particles & and the thermal energy that they carry & to a new location.
asteroid
satellite
Earth system
convection
7. 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.
igneous rock
karst
outcrop
granitic
8. The method of locating an epicenter by determining how far it lies from three widely separated seismographs.
El Nino
triangulation
eustatic change in sea level
epicenter
9. Jupiter is named after the Roman king of the gods. It is the fifth planet from the Sun.
stalagmite
magnetic pole
aftershock
Jupiter
10. A commonly used scale of earthquake intensity.
salinization
Modified Mercalli Scale
intensity
cone of depression
11. A floating ice sheet extending across water from a land-based glacier.
collisional Boundary
ice sheet
ice shelf
renewable resources
12. A large amount of gas and dust in space & spread out in an immense volume.
nebula
marine Chronometer
fold
Pangea
13. A sharp bend & loop or turn in a stream's course. When abandoned & it is called a meander scar or an oxbow.
Earth
meander
continental crust
channelization
14. The line that separates one drainage basin from another.
drainage divide
crater
crust
Saturn
15. A plate boundary in which plates on opposite sides of the boundary move past each other in opposite directions. The San Andreas fault of California is a good example.
crevasse
convection
drift
transform boundary
16. Heat transport by moving particles & and the thermal energy that they carry & to a new location.
compass
geology
plate boundaries
convection
17. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
Prime Meridian
Pelean eruption
fracture
observator
18. A chuck of rock or dust in space.
vesicle
transcontinental
Milky Way
meteoroid
19. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles & primarily altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude.
tide
compass Rose
intrusive
sextant
20. The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place.
seismoscope
inertia
Proterozoic
crater
21. The science that deals with the study of the planet Earth--the materials of which it is made & the processes that act to change these materials from one form to another & and the history recorded by these materials; the forces acting to deform the ou
geology
erosion
eon
karst
22. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
divergent boundary
eclipse
till (unstratified drift)
shore
23. Long narrow beaches separated in many places from the mainland by lagoons.
igneous rock
lava
chlorophyll
barrier beaches
24. 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
universe
eustatic change in sea level
barrier beaches
25. A thickened elevated region of Earth's crust that is mainly (but not entirely) above sea level.
landforms
transform boundary
continent
Global Positioning System (GPS)
26. Property possessed by certain rocks of breaking with relative ease along parallel planes or nearly parallel surfaces in their crystal structures where the bonds are weakest.
convection cell
star
seamount
cleavage
27. A sedimentary rock composed of combustible matter derived from the partial decomposition of plant material.
acid
solar system
oal
fringing reef
28. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
volcano
gemstone
salinity
exotic river
29. The point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake.
Earth
epicenter
frost wedging
fossil fuel
30. 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.
bar
luster
equator
seismic gap
31. As applied to glacier ice & the process by which ice below the snow line is wasted by evaporation and melting.
ablation
tell
Mesozoic
El Nino
32. Either the northern or southern half of the Earth as divided by the equator & or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian.
subduction
particulate air pollution
column
hemisphere
33. Evidence in rock of the presence of past life & such as a dinosaur bone & an ancient clam shell & or the footprint of a long-extinct animal as well as life history artifacts.
Mercury
arch
dust devil
fossil
34. Sediment formed by chemical precipitation from water. Example: halite precipitated as the result of the evaporation of sea water.
chemical sediment
decomposition (chemical weathering)
water table
karst
35. An instrument that detects & magnifies & and records vibrations of the Earth & especially earthquakes.
fossil
seismograph
stratum
equinox
36. A device containing a free-swinging magnetic needle that is attracted to Earth's magnetic North Pole. Used to determine direction of travel.
water table
compass
landforms
meteoroid
37. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
nova -- (Supernova)
secchi disk
fringing reef
seismic gap
38. Living parts of the environment that can renew or replace themselves.
nova -- (Supernova)
mineral
renewable resources
suspended load
39. The Sun with all the celestial bodies that revolve around it.
solar system
escarpment
peat
Hadean
40. A downward distortion or dimple in the water table that forms as a well pumps water faster than it can flow through the aquifer.
core
star
seamount
cone of depression
41. The precipitation that runs directly off the surface to stream or body of standing water.
igneous rock
swells
region
runoff
42. A floating ice sheet extending across water from a land-based glacier.
urban
ice shelf
eclipse
cementation
43. A period of dryness & that when prolonged & causes damage to crops; a shortage of water.
lava dome
oceanic crust
drought
swash and back wash
44. The current geologic era & which began 66.4 million years ago and continues to the present.
rockslide (rock avalanche)
oceanic crust
Cenozoic
weathering
45. 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.
bar
fossil fuel
mid-ocean ridges
mesosphere
46. Saturn is named after the Roman god of the harvest. It is the sixth planet from the Sun.
biogenic sedimentary rock
pathogen
thermal spring
Saturn
47. A type of disintegration in which jointed rock is forced apart by the expansion of water as it freezes in fractures.
plain
trench
fault
frost wedging
48. An instrument that merely indicates the occurrence of an earthquake.
equator
delta
bedrock
seismoscope
49. An area subject to dust storms & especially south central United States .
magnetic polarity
dust bowl
nutrient
rapids
50. The part of the crust that directly underlies the continents and continental shelves. Averages about 35 km in thickness & but may be over 70 km thick under largest mountain ranges.
continental crust
floodplain
Venus
Pillow Lava