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Earth Science
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1. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the Underworld. No longer considered a planet.
fossil fuel
Pluto
waterfall
shore
2. A mass of ice & formed by the recrystallization of snow & that flows forward & or has flowed at some time in the past.
renewable resources
wave length
Hadean
glacier
3. Till deposited from main body of glacier during ablation.
ground moraine
zone of leaching
icecap
plate boundaries
4. A commonly used scale of earthquake intensity.
lava lake
Modified Mercalli Scale
hardpan
stalagmite
5. A small & dust-bearing whirlwind.
shore
dust devil
volcanic ash
storm surge
6. A waterway from open ocean into a lagoon.
atmosphere
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
gravity
tidal inlet
7. 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.
hardness
surf
chalk
acid
8. The persistence of wind-formed waves after wind ceases.
ice sheet
permafrost
core
swells
9. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
Laurasia
flood
natural resources
atmosphere
10. The average weather conditions of an area over many years & as measured by temperature & wind speed & and precipitation.
habitat
climate
chalk
pH
11. Flat land covered with tall grass and wildflowers.
biogenic sediment
prairie
Gondwana
natural resources
12. The mass of an object divided by its volume.
Galileo
reserves
era
density
13. A sedimentary rock composed primarily of biogenic sediments.
biogenic sedimentary rock
suspended load
marine Chronometer
trench
14. 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
Prime Meridian
rainforest
Pluto
Hadean
15. A delta formed at both sides of a tidal inlet.
continental divide
eustatic change in sea level
basalt
tidal delta
16. A portable time keeper with a mechanism for ensuring accuracy and adjusting itself & used for determining longitude at sea.
casts
equator
El Nino
marine Chronometer
17. A minor tremor that precedes an earthquake. An increase in seismicity may signal that a major release of strain energy is about to occur.
foreshock
wind farm
reserves
peat
18. (Latin- Terra & Greek- Gaia) Earth is named after the ancient Germanic Goddess of the soil. It is the third planet from the Sun.
fracture
Earth
moon
drainage basin
19. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
back swamp
equinox
cementation
compass Rose
20. A commonly used measure of earthquake magnitude & based on a logarithmic scale. Each integral step on the scale represents a tenfold increase in the extent of ground shaking & as recorded on a seismograph.
fault
flash flood
Richter scale
shoreline
21. The uprush of a wave onto the beach followed by the return flow of the water down the beach slope in the intervals between waves.
wind farm
swash and back wash
wind farm
tectonic Plates
22. The process by which an unconsolidated deposit of sediments is converted in to solid rock.
lithification
reservoir rock
seastack
seamount
23. A region of high heat flow on the Earth's surface & thought to lie above a mantle plume .
deflation
intrusive
hot spot
ozone depletion
24. Any solid material that has settled out of a state of suspension in liquid.
drought
sediment
decomposition (chemical weathering)
swash and back wash
25. The pattern of water circulation from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean.
frost wedging
abundant metal
hydrologic cycle
density
26. An individual grain or constituent of a rock.
comet
scale
clast
black hole
27. The low spot between two successive waves.
casts
mineral deposit
wave trough
compass Rose
28. A coral reef separated from the mainland by a lagoon.
erosion
barrier reef
lithosphere
prairie
29. A low & nearly flat accumulation of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or stream & commonly triangular or fan-shaped.
metamorphic rock
atoll
delta
streak
30. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles & primarily altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude.
global warming
sextant
Mercury
landforms
31. An area subject to dust storms & especially south central United States .
dust bowl
swells
lithification
latitude
32. A coral reef attached directly to the mainland.
nuee ardente
fringing reef
plate tectonics
salinity
33. 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
El Nino
caldera
wave trough
34. Deep steep-sided depression in the ocean floor caused by the subduction of oceanic crust beneath either other oceanic crust or continental crust.
oceanic trench
atoll
mantle
geologic time scale
35. A type of thermal spring which ejects water intermittently with considerable force.
humid
isostasy
watershed
geyser
36. The primary division of geologic time which are & from oldest to youngest & the Hadean & Archean & Proterozoic & and Phanerozoic eons.
eon
inertia
calving
streak
37. The closest galaxy to the Milky way. It is approximately 2 million light-years away.
trench
granitic
Andromeda
rock cycle
38. Living in water.
aquatic
crevasse
Prime Meridian
current speed
39. Living parts of the environment that can renew or replace themselves.
renewable resources
focus
casts
plate boundaries
40. Mountains & characterized by extensive folding and thrust faulting & that form at convergent plate boundaries on continents.
fold and thrust mountains
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
plutonic
groin
41. An era of time during the Phanerozoic eon lasting from 245 million years ago to 66.4 million ago.
marine Chronometer
water table
Mesozoic
Jupiter
42. 1. A low & bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher lands. 2. any large depression in which sediments are deposited.
smelting
climate
rockslide (rock avalanche)
basin
43. The method of locating an epicenter by determining how far it lies from three widely separated seismographs.
triangulation
petroleum
crust
ore
44. 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.
seismology
ozone layer
Uranus
lava
45. The oldest eon in Earth history & extending from the origin of the Earth to about 3.9 billion years ago.
breakwater
moraine
mesosphere
Hadean
46. A tool for measuring the relative clarity of water.
secchi disk
epoch
weathering
coast
47. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
resources
mineral deposit
magma
salinity
48. Woodland that usually gets at least 100 inches of rain each year.
calving
glacier
rock cycle
rainforest
49. A natural depression in the surface of the land caused by the collapse of the roof of a cavern or subterranean passage & generally occurring in limestone regions.
channelization
intertidal zone
scour
sinkhole
50. 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.
erratic
scale
equator
Greenhouse Effect