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1. Heat transport by moving particles & and the thermal energy that they carry & to a new location.
nuee ardente
convection
magma
escarpment
2. An aggregate of one or more minerals in varying proportions.
solstice
rock
gravity
rockfall
3. Surficial mining & in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overlying rock or soil.
conduction
geology
pyroclastic
open pit mining
4. The rock beneath the soil.
bedrock
swells
wave trough
plain
5. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles & primarily altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude.
glacier
sextant
seismology
estuary
6. The persistence of wind-formed waves after wind ceases.
swells
nova -- (Supernova)
waterfall
delta
7. An area subject to dust storms & especially south central United States .
dust bowl
collisional Boundary
desertification
comet
8. Turbulent stream water flow down a steep gradient & but not as steep as in a waterfall.
seastack
rapids
Mercury
floodplain
9. Flat land covered with tall grass and wildflowers.
loess
prairie
Milky Way
thrust fault
10. A substance that produces positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water.
compression fossil
gravity
habitat
acid
11. Gases that can be dissociated by solar radiation & which releases chlorine & which in turn destroys ozone.
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12. The rise and fall of sea level caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on the Earth.
surf
pH
tide
lava flood (plateau basalt)
13. A substance that produces negatively charged hydroxide ions ( OH- ) in water and reacts with acids to form salts.
atmosphere
base
wind farm
chemical sediment
14. Heat extracted from the Earth for use as an power source.
geothermal energy
eustatic change in sea level
chalk
watershed
15. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
crater
swells
flood
gravity
16. The arrangement of rock units in the proper chronological order from youngest to oldest.
asthenosphere
geologic column
legend
landforms
17. Igneous. Antonym of intrusive. Synonym of volcanic. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed from lava released on the Earth's surface.
extrusive
collisional Boundary
fetch
Sun
18. A floating ice sheet extending across water from a land-based glacier.
ice shelf
nova -- (Supernova)
metamorphic rock
sinkhole
19. 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
groove
geology
elevation
stratification
20. A measure of the size of an earthquake in terms of the damage it causes.
strip mining
transcontinental
humus
intensity
21. Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another & without moving the particle to a new location.
ice shelf
Pangea
conduction
basalt
22. A major drainage divide separating the drainage to one ocean from another.
cartographer
continental divide
acid
atlas
23. An earthquake that follows and has its epicenter near a larger earthquake.
aftershock
geology
Pluto
vesicle
24. A sea level change due to change in load on Earth's crust.
isostatic change in sea level
ozone layer
fold
oal
25. The straightening and/or deepening of a river channel.
channelization
collisional Boundary
storm surge
plate
26. A hot & gaseous & self-luminous celestial body & as the Sun.
Pluto
star
convergent boundary
seamount
27. The resistance of a mineral to scratching & as measured by the Mohs scale.
hardness
Copernicus & Nicholas
star
mesosphere
28. A fracture or zone of fractures along the boundaries of tectonic plates where movement has taken place.
quarrying
basalt
fault
chemical sediment
29. An instrument that merely indicates the occurrence of an earthquake.
column
constellation
seismoscope
tectonic Plates
30. A roughly circular reef with an occasional small & low & coral sand island surrounding a shallow lagoon.
Pluto
Milky Way
sandstorm
atoll
31. The point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake.
equinox
dust storm
jetty
epicenter
32. The area bordering a stream over which water spreads when the stream tops its channel banks.
floodplain
clastic
Galileo
legend
33. The chronological sequence of units of Earth time.
snow line
geologic time scale
sinkhole
luster
34. A community of plants and/or animals and its physical environment & regarded as a unit.
habitat
ecosystem
Uranus
sediment
35. A type of thermal spring which ejects water intermittently with considerable force.
cone of depression
geyser
stormwater runoff
wave trough
36. The Earth's crust underlying the ocean basins which is formed at mid-oceanic ridges. It is typically 5 to 10 kilometers thick composed of basalt.
oceanic crust
secchi disk
tell
sextant
37. An atmospheric shield providing the Earth with protection from ultra-violet rays which can cause sun burn & skin cancer and the destruction of the delicate plant life which supports the planet's food chain.
satellite
ozone layer
wind farm
abyssal plain
38. A collection of maps.
cementation
atlas
pipe
fold and thrust mountains
39. The vertical distance between the crest and adjacent trough of a wave.
wave height
Hadean
Hale-Bopp
star
40. Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets.
luster
lava flood (plateau basalt)
asteroid
nova -- (Supernova)
41. 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.
atoll
reef
continental slope
groin
42. A type of disintegration in which jointed rock is forced apart by the expansion of water as it freezes in fractures.
frost wedging
isthmus
water clarity
gravity
43. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
wind farm
aa
bedrock
coast
44. Jupiter is named after the Roman king of the gods. It is the fifth planet from the Sun.
Jupiter
floodplain
shoreline
volcanic
45. A ridge of high water associated with a hurricane and which floods over the shore .
storm surge
equator
sextant
Jupiter
46. Occurs at the intersection of the water table with the ground surface.
spring
denudation
plate
geyser
47. The presence of layers in some rocks caused by parallel alignment of minerals.
foliated
pipe
clastic
continental slope
48. (Latin- Terra & Greek- Gaia) Earth is named after the ancient Germanic Goddess of the soil. It is the third planet from the Sun.
oxbow
Earth
clastic
longitude
49. A small & dust-bearing whirlwind.
Phanerozoic
Andromeda
Pillow Lava
dust devil
50. A worldwide change in sea level & such as caused by melting glaciers.
Precambrian
plutonic
eustatic change in sea level
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)