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Earth Science
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1. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
stalagmite
ore deposit
rockfall
coast
2. A sea level change due to change in load on Earth's crust.
global warming
isostatic change in sea level
nuee ardente
cave
3. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
kettle
intensity
water table
drift
4. A dense & hot (sometimes incandescent) cloud of volcanic ash and gas produced in a Pelean eruption.
rock
nuee ardente
anemometer
hardpan
5. Destruction of the ozone layer caused by the release of CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons) into the atmosphere which react chemically with ozone and break it down into different gases.
ozone depletion
compaction
flood
inertia
6. 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.
lava
El Nino
plutonic
intensity
7. A ball of ice and dust & whose orbit is a long & narrow ellipse.
geology
base
comet
coast
8. The explosion of a dying giant or supergiant star.
lithosphere
beach
nova -- (Supernova)
streak
9. 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
waterfall
continent
groundtruthing
granitic
10. The process by which an unconsolidated deposit of sediments is converted in to solid rock.
lithification
viscosity
base
convection cell
11. Water that flows across watersheds during and immediately after severe rainstorms. In populated areas & stormwater runoff is often water that cannot be handled by existing sewer systems. Stormwater runoff is the leading source of water pollution in t
clast
mesosphere
atlas
stormwater runoff
12. Banks of sand and silt along stream bank built by deposition in small increments during successive floods.
Mercury
isthmus
Milky Way
levees
13. The precipitation that runs directly off the surface to stream or body of standing water.
crust
seastack
runoff
basaltic
14. No identifiable layers of minerals in a rock sample
aa
discharge
nonfoliated
convergent boundary
15. The elevation at which snow persists throughout the year.
snow line
global warming
waterfall
Global Positioning System (GPS)
16. The zone below the zone of aeration in which all pore spaces are filled with water.
Sun
levees
lahar
zone of saturation
17. The processes (mechanical and chemical) responsible for the wearing away & loosening & and dissolving of materials of the Earth's crust.
erosion
isthmus
delta
continental crust
18. As applied to glacier ice & the process by which ice below the snow line is wasted by evaporation and melting.
precipitation
inner core
ablation
salinization
19. 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.
steppe
galaxy
clast
chalk
20. Glacial drift composed of rock fragments that range from clay to boulder size and randomly arranged without bedding.
isthmus
lava lake
baseline study
till (unstratified drift)
21. Deposits of wind-borne dust.
Pluto
geologic column
loess
jetty
22. Where one plate slides beneath another plate as the two are pushed together & a subduction zone.
Greenhouse Effect
elevation
convergent boundary
drought
23. The arrangement of rock units in the proper chronological order from youngest to oldest.
cleavage
pahoehoe
permafrost
geologic column
24. The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place.
inertia
kettle
Pelean eruption
volcanic ash
25. A type of volcanic eruption characterized by nuees ardentes and the development of lava domes.
Pelean eruption
eclipse
magma
quarrying
26. A flood that rises and falls very rapidly.
flash flood
chemical sedimentary rock
zone of saturation
rockslide (rock avalanche)
27. In the geologic time scale a unit of time less than an era and greater than an epoch. Example: The Tertiary period was the earliest period in the Cenozoic era and included & among others & the Eocene epoch.
Continntal Drift Theory
period
erratic
sediment
28. The geologic eon lying between the Archean and Phanerozoic eons & beginning about 2.5 billion years ago and ending about 0.57 billion years ago.
Proterozoic
foreshock
secchi disk
boundary
29. Synonym of intrusive. Antonym of volcanic. Applies to igneous rocks formed beneath the surface of the Earth; typically with large crystals due to the slowness of cooling.
greenhouse gases
plate
thrust fault
plutonic
30. 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.
rainforest
sedimentary rock
ore
prairie
31. The speed at which water flows.
chemical sediment
resources
current speed
galaxy
32. The breaking away of ice from the front of the glacier when it ends in a lake or an ocean. Produces icebergs.
fringing reef
kettle
glaciation
calving
33. A lake of lava & usually basaltic & in a volcanic caldera.
denudation
continental rise
fissure eruption
lava lake
34. A sea level change due to change in load on Earth's crust.
isostatic change in sea level
pahoehoe
seismic gap
solstice
35. A hydrocarbon (coal or petroleum) that can be extracted from the Earth for use as a fuel. Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources.
zone of aeration
oxbow lake
fossil fuel
metamorphic rock
36. 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.
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
wave length
groove
karst
37. Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets.
Uranus
greenhouse gases
compaction
asteroid
38. A chuck of rock or dust in space.
meteoroid
sod
pyroclastic
ozone
39. A zone in the Earth between 400 and 670 km below the surface separating the upper mantle from the lower mantle.
Prime Meridian
geothermal energy
mesosphere
striations
40. A disease-causing organism or entity & such as a bacterium or virus.
sediment
pathogen
jetty
permafrost
41. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
biogenic sedimentary rock
floodplain
water table
eustatic change in sea level
42. Refers to rock or sediments made up primarily of broken fragments of pre-existing rocks or minerals.
volcanic ash
zone of leaching
clastic
Uranus
43. Lava extruded beneath water characterized by pillow shapes.
triangulation
gemstone
Pillow Lava
satellite
44. Water beneath the Earth's surface.
inner core
pahoehoe
isostasy
ground water
45. Living in water.
comet
pollutant
aquatic
suspended load
46. The accumulation of material in layers or beds.
density
stratification
Pangea
coast
47. The formation & advance and retreat of glaciers and the results of these activities.
cinder cone
glaciation
cave
delta
48. A waterway from open ocean into a lagoon.
tidal inlet
shore
ozone layer
longitude
49. An area in which a large number of windmills have been erected to generate electrical power.
wind farm
epicenter
prairie
gemstone
50. The arrangement of rock units in the proper chronological order from youngest to oldest.
superposition
Mesozoic
geologic column
basin