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Earth Science
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1. He area from which a stream and its tributaries receives its water.
runoff
drainage basin
streak
watershed
2. Any porous and permeable rock that yields oil or natural gas.
reservoir rock
surf
calving
eclipse
3. A blanket of wind-driven sand with an upper surface about a meter above ground level.
sod
observator
eustatic change in sea level
sandstorm
4. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
plate
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
conserve
tidal delta
5. The vertical distance between the crest and adjacent trough of a wave.
wave height
scientific model
convection cell
caldera
6. The reflection of light on a given mineral's surface & classified by intensity and quality.
luster
compaction
suspended load
Proterozoic
7. A guide to reading a map that typically contains distance scales & arrows indicating direction & and/or explanations of symbols used.
magnetic equator
scour
collisional Boundary
legend
8. The galaxy where Earth is located.
dust bowl
Milky Way
isostasy
stratification
9. Living on land.
plate tectonics
geothermal energy
terrestrial
compression fossil
10. A floating ice sheet extending across water from a land-based glacier.
ice shelf
landforms
water table
drift
11. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
seastack
wave length
coast
abyssal plain
12. A large area of flat or nearly flat land.
plain
hydrologic cycle
floodplain
levees
13. Living on land.
terrestrial
till (unstratified drift)
equinox
Earth
14. The theory of Plate Tectonics states that the Earth's crust is fragmented into a dozen or more large and small pieces floating on a semi-molten mantle.
rapids
clast
plate tectonics
secchi disk
15. A term applied to large areas of basaltic lava presumably extruded from fissures.
satellite
bedrock
lava flood (plateau basalt)
crystal
16. The breaking away of ice from the front of the glacier when it ends in a lake or an ocean. Produces icebergs.
aquatic
basalt
calving
lava dome
17. The weak or 'soft' zone in the upper mantle just below the lithosphere & involved in plate movement and isostatic adjustments. It lies 70 to 100 km below the surface and may extend to a depth of 400 km.
asthenosphere
deposition
era
aa
18. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
loess
erosion
water table
eclipse
19. The very slow & generally continuous downslope movement of soil and debris under the influence of gravity.
magnetic equator
liquefaction
surf
creep
20. The sum of the processes that result in the wearing away or the progressive lowering of the Earth's surface by weathering & erosion & mass wasting & and transportation.
denudation
ozone
strip mining
nautical mile
21. A narrow & steep-walled depression in the ocean floor & much deeper than the adjacent ocean and associated with a subduction zone.
trench
solstice
suspended load
era
22. The average weather conditions of an area over many years & as measured by temperature & wind speed & and precipitation.
Earth system
climate
transform boundary
hot spot
23. A broad & mound-like mass of glacier ice that usually spreads radially outward from a central zone.
ice sheet
foliated
lava dome
boundary
24. A method of sediment transport in which the turbulence of a fluid is able to keep particles supported in the fluid.
epicenter
liquefaction
suspension
compass
25. A large & basin-shaped volcanic depression & more or less circular in form. Typically steep-sided & found at the summit of a shield volcano.
rockslide (rock avalanche)
caldera
Continntal Drift Theory
outcrop
26. The initial point within the Earth that ruptures in an earthquake & directly below the epicenter. The point within the Earth which is the center of an earthquake & at which strain energy is first released and converted to elastic wave energy.
focus
satellite
hydrologic cycle
snow line
27. An area in which a large number of windmills have been erected to generate electrical power.
wind farm
fossil fuel
foliated
fringing reef
28. A large amount of gas and dust in space & spread out in an immense volume.
magnetic pole
metamorphic rock
nebula
seamount
29. The galaxy where Earth is located.
wave crest
Milky Way
nebula
suspension
30. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
cleavage
outer core
groove
eclipse
31. 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.
equator
ice sheet
oal
ecosystem
32. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
Mesozoic
resources
observator
estuary
33. A spring whose temperature is 6.5o C or more above mean annual air temperature.
axis
thermal spring
lithosphere
basaltic
34. An instrument that detects & magnifies & and records vibrations of the Earth & especially earthquakes.
mineral
sinkhole
seismograph
core
35. A natural open space underground & large enough for a person to enter. Most commonly occur by the dissolution of soluble rocks & generally limestone.
suspension
sedimentary rock
clastic
cave
36. Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets.
groundtruthing
asteroid
focus
oceanic crust
37. The outermost part of the core. It is liquid & about 1 &700 km thick & and separated from the inner & solid core by a transition zone about 565 km thick.
plutonic
water table
outer core
fossil fuel
38. Geologic time expressed in years before the present.
density
absolute time
erosion
geothermal energy
39. The average weather conditions of an area over many years & as measured by temperature & wind speed & and precipitation.
foliated
climate
zone of leaching
sedimentary rock
40. A curved belt of volcanic islands lying above a subduction zone.
nonfoliated
seafloor spreading
Phanerozoic
island arc
41. A low & nearly flat accumulation of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or stream & commonly triangular or fan-shaped.
landforms
calving
shoreline
delta
42. A thick layer of soil.
cave
sod
satellite
biogenic sedimentary rock
43. Living in water.
delta
aquatic
coast
Pluto
44. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
loess
secchi disk
observator
fluctuate
45. Igneous. Antonym of intrusive. Synonym of volcanic. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed from lava released on the Earth's surface.
extrusive
superposition
convergent boundary
foreshock
46. The method of locating an epicenter by determining how far it lies from three widely separated seismographs.
triangulation
ore deposit
cinder cone
surf
47. A supercontinent that existed from the the end of the Permian to the Jurassic & 300 to 200 million years ago & assembled from large continents like Euramerica & Gondwana & and Siberia & as well as smaller landmasses like the Cathaysian and Cimmerian
peat
Pangea
cinder cone
seafloor spreading
48. Water beneath the Earth's surface.
silicate
peat
ground water
ozone layer
49. A downward distortion or dimple in the water table that forms as a well pumps water faster than it can flow through the aquifer.
lava flood (plateau basalt)
cone of depression
Gondwana
glacier
50. 1. A steep-walled & usually conical depression at the summit or on the flanks of a volcano & resulting from the explosive ejection of material from a vent. 2. A bowl-shaped depression with a raised & overturned rim produced by the impact of a meteori
plutonic
telescope
crater
precipitation