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1. The internal resistance to flow in a liquid.
siltation
viscosity
beach
longitude
2. The distance between two successive wave crests or troughs.
biogenic sediment
Modified Mercalli Scale
stalactite
wave length
3. A river that is able to maintain its flow through a desert because of water received from outside the desert.
discharge
exotic river
atlas
barrier beaches
4. A ridge of high water associated with a hurricane and which floods over the shore .
Gondwana
basaltic
tide
storm surge
5. The process by which building stone & usually in blocks or sheets & is extracted from the Earth. radiation -- (Electromagnetic radiation) -- energy that travels through space in the form of waves without the intervention of matter & as in the transp
Proxima Centauri
quarrying
erosion
Phanerozoic
6. The green pigment in the cells of many plants that enables them to use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates in the process called photosynthesis.
orogeny
precipitation
global warming
chlorophyll
7. The direction & north (normal) or south (reversed) & that a magnetic compass needle points.
hot spot
precipitation
basin
magnetic polarity
8. A type of thermal spring which ejects water intermittently with considerable force.
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
geyser
pH
shore
9. A community of plants and/or animals and its physical environment & regarded as a unit.
permafrost
cartographer
outcrop
ecosystem
10. Till deposited from main body of glacier during ablation.
caldera
conserve
ground moraine
precipitation
11. A method of sediment transport in which the turbulence of a fluid is able to keep particles supported in the fluid.
equator
lithosphere
suspension
ozone
12. A large & basin-shaped volcanic depression & more or less circular in form. Typically steep-sided & found at the summit of a shield volcano.
sandstorm
caldera
subduction zone
fold
13. A segment of an active fault zone that has not experienced a major earthquake during a time period when most other segments of the zone have. They are generally regarded as having a higher potential for future earthquakes.
breakwater
geology
clast
seismic gap
14. 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.
cleavage
sedimentary rock
Precambrian
coast
15. The formation & advance and retreat of glaciers and the results of these activities.
glaciation
surf
moon
transform boundary
16. Distance over which wave-forming winds blow.
fetch
superposition
drainage basin
rockfall
17. The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases.
transform boundary
global warming
tidal inlet
isthmus
18. A naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a well-defined chemical composition and in which atoms are arranged in an ordered fashion.
Cenozoic
rock cycle
Pillow Lava
mineral
19. Weathering processes that are the result of chemical reactions. Example: the transformation of orthoclase to kaolinite.
black hole
erratic
magnetic pole
decomposition (chemical weathering)
20. Lacking in rainfall & very dry.
eclipse
rockfall
arid
erratic
21. The transformation of a soil from a solid to a liquid state as the result of increased pore pressure.
liquefaction
shoreline
caldera
groove
22. (Greek-Aphrodite)named after the Roman goddess of love. It is the planet closest in size to Earth and the second planted from the Sun.
till (unstratified drift)
Proterozoic
Venus
back swamp
23. The very small particles of dirt & soot & and other pollutants that are present in the air.
particulate air pollution
convergent boundary
pH
loess
24. 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.
archipelago
gemstone
black smoker
greenhouse gases
25. A sea level change due to change in load on Earth's crust.
seismic gap
nonfoliated
isostatic change in sea level
deposition
26. A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano & through Which magma has passed.
fossil
pipe
tidal delta
convection cell
27. A commonly used scale of earthquake intensity.
isthmus
Modified Mercalli Scale
thrust fault
zone of leaching
28. A layer of sedimentary rock; plural is strata.
stratum
abundant metal
deflation
Pluto
29. Any seismic wave that travels through the body of Earth & rather than along its surface.
precipitation
body wave
seismoscope
Pluto
30. A ball of ice and dust & whose orbit is a long & narrow ellipse.
comet
moraine
dust bowl
waterfall
31. The closest galaxy to the Milky way. It is approximately 2 million light-years away.
wind farm
Andromeda
exotic river
subtropical deserts
32. Any solid material that has settled out of a state of suspension in liquid.
core
decomposition (chemical weathering)
sediment
Precambrian
33. The closest star to Earth besides the sun. It is approximately 4 light years away.
eclipse
magma
Proxima Centauri
aftershock
34. A sedimentary rock composed of combustible matter derived from the partial decomposition of plant material.
Saturn
oal
lava dome
absolute time
35. 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.
El Nino
abundant metal
fjord
stratification
36. An instrument that detects & magnifies & and records vibrations of the Earth & especially earthquakes.
convection
seismograph
you-shaped valley
deflation
37. A comet that passed Earth in 1997 and won't return to the inner solar system until the year 4377.
Hale-Bopp
secchi disk
swells
plate
38. A seismic body wave that involves particle motion & alternating compression and expansion & in the direction of wave propagation. It is the fastest seismic wave. compare S-wave .
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
barrier reef
Greenhouse Effect
tell
39. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
aquatic
water table
star
archaean
40. A narrow & steep-walled depression in the ocean floor & much deeper than the adjacent ocean and associated with a subduction zone.
tectonic Plates
universe
sextant
trench
41. That portion of the resources for a valuable mineral commodity that can be extracted from the Earth at a profit today.
desertification
mesosphere
snow line
reserves
42. The reserves of a valuable mineral commodity plus all other mineral deposits that may eventually become available & even those that are presumed to exist but have not yet been discovered and those that are not economically or technologically exploita
deposition
Continntal Drift Theory
ground water
resources
43. 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.
thrust fault
period
Proterozoic
wave height
44. A general term including both oil and natural gas.
igneous rock
pothole
petroleum
smelting
45. The color of a mineral in its powdered form obtained from scraping a sample on a ceramic plate
terrestrial
dust storm
streak
wave height
46. 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.
particulate air pollution
chalk
shore
open pit mining
47. A mass of ice & formed by the recrystallization of snow & that flows forward & or has flowed at some time in the past.
sediment
epicenter
aquatic
glacier
48. The relationship between distances in the area being mapped and distances in the map itself.
scale
wave height
inertia
arid
49. The two days of the year on which the noon sun is directly overhead at either 23.5
strip mining
atmosphere
solstice
lava flood (plateau basalt)
50. A waste material that contaminates air & water & or soil.
latitude
nautical mile
pollutant
geothermal energy