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1. Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another & without moving the particle to a new location.
nautical mile
equinox
conduction
viscosity
2. The southern portion of the late Paleozoic supercontinent known as Pangea. It means & literally 'Land of the Gonds' (a people of the Indian subcontinent).The supercontinent existed from Cambrian to Jurassic time & mainly composed of South America &
Gondwana
Jupiter
convergent boundary
icecap
3. The Sun with all the celestial bodies that revolve around it.
delta
crystal
salinity
solar system
4. 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.
volcanic
oceanic crust
rockslide (rock avalanche)
discharge
5. A waterway from open ocean into a lagoon.
tidal inlet
nutrient
aa
outcrop
6. Either the northern or southern half of the Earth as divided by the equator & or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian.
magnitude
geologic time scale
hemisphere
aquifer
7. An informal term to include all geologic time from the beginning of the Earth to the beginning of the Cambrian period 570 million years ago.
Earth
nutrient
Precambrian
seismology
8. That portion of the Earth below the crust and reaching to about 2 &780 km & where a transition zone of about 100 km thickness separates it from the core.
mantle
El Nino
epicenter
geology
9. The height of a place above sea level.
epicenter
elevation
asteroid
mineral deposit
10. The solid innermost part of the core with a diameter of a little over 1 &200 km.
inner core
Uranus
density
ore deposit
11. A term applied to large areas of basaltic lava presumably extruded from fissures.
nuee ardente
lava flood (plateau basalt)
isostatic change in sea level
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
12. A sedimentary rock made up of chemical sediments. Example: rock salt.
weathering
fissure eruption
chemical sedimentary rock
island arc
13. Any place where bedrock is visible on the surface of the Earth.
bedrock
outcrop
prairie
specific gravity
14. The zone below the zone of aeration in which all pore spaces are filled with water.
zone of saturation
focus
kettle
ground moraine
15. Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another & without moving the particle to a new location.
back swamp
tide
conduction
boundary
16. 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 .
bedrock
seastack
boundary
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
17. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
triangulation
lithosphere
coast
column
18. A slide involving a downward and usually sudden movement of newly detached segments of bedrock sliding or slipping over an inclined surface of weakness such as a bedding plane & fault plane & or joint surface.
anemometer
rockslide (rock avalanche)
particulate air pollution
volcanic ash
19. A vent in the surface of the Earth & from which lava & ash & and gases erupt.
volcano
nebula
soil
deflation
20. The oldest eon in Earth history & extending from the origin of the Earth to about 3.9 billion years ago.
Hadean
anemometer
glaciation
rift (graben)
21. Where two plates collide to form mountains.
seismology
nova -- (Supernova)
collisional Boundary
ozone
22. A portable time keeper with a mechanism for ensuring accuracy and adjusting itself & used for determining longitude at sea.
archipelago
specific gravity
marine Chronometer
zone of leaching
23. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
conserve
epicenter
foliated
subduction
24. The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases.
global warming
specific gravity
scale
pyroclastic
25. 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.
pipe
boundary
liquefaction
lava
26. An area where fresh water comes into contact with seawater & usually in a partly enclosed coastal body of water; a mix of fresh and salt water where the current of a stream meets the tides.
estuary
drainage basin
Galileo
salinization
27. 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
breakwater
lava lake
focus
28. A division of geologic time next smaller than the eon and larger than a period. Example: The Paleozoic era is in the Phanerozoic eon and includes & among others & the Devonian period.
Paleozoic
hardness
era
ice sheet
29. Where one plate slides beneath another plate as the two are pushed together & a subduction zone.
pipe
convergent boundary
rift (graben)
geology
30. A depression in the ground formed by the melting of a block of glacier ice buried or partially buried by drift.
magma
kettle
dust storm
archaean
31. The very slow & generally continuous downslope movement of soil and debris under the influence of gravity.
isostasy
mesosphere
pothole
creep
32. 1. A mass of sand & gravel & or alluvium deposited on the bed of a stream & sea & or lake & or at the mouth of a stream 2. A unit of pressure & approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
bar
cartographer
Pangea
baseline study
33. A type of disintegration in which jointed rock is forced apart by the expansion of water as it freezes in fractures.
frost wedging
shield volcano
Cenozoic
greenhouse gases
34. A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer.
telescope
nautical mile
tidal delta
tell
35. A cavity in a lava & formed by the entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification of the lava.
region
biogenic sediment
frost wedging
vesicle
36. A large amount of gas and dust in space & spread out in an immense volume.
Earth
nebula
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
sediment
37. A system involving continuous interaction of the solid Earth & the atmosphere & the oceans and living things.
Earth system
basaltic
ore
tide
38. 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.
nova -- (Supernova)
sedimentary rock
Hale-Bopp
ore
39. Woodland that usually gets at least 100 inches of rain each year.
salinity
base
rainforest
crater
40. 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.
water clarity
eclipse
convection cell
period
41. A region of high heat flow on the Earth's surface & thought to lie above a mantle plume .
Pluto
hot spot
Richter scale
tide
42. Heat transport by moving particles & and the thermal energy that they carry & to a new location.
convection
triangulation
Global Positioning System (GPS)
telescope
43. The zones of seismic activity long which plates are in contact.
Copernicus & Nicholas
lava dome
plate boundaries
asthenosphere
44. The production of living matter by organisms that make food using sunlight or chemicals. Usually expressed as grams of carbon per square meter per year.
primary productivity
subduction zone
icecap
magnetic polarity
45. Lacking in rainfall & very dry.
arid
gravity
silicate
karst
46. The principle that states the processes operating to change the Earth in the present also operated in the past.
volcanic ash
isthmus
Uniformitarianism
rain shadow deserts
47. The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
groin
salinization
lithosphere
seismograph
48. A community of plants and/or animals and its physical environment & regarded as a unit.
rockslide (rock avalanche)
biogenic sedimentary rock
ecosystem
acid
49. The line separating land and water.
decomposition (chemical weathering)
shoreline
abyssal plain
light-year
50. Plutonic. Antonym of extrusive. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed by the emplacement of magma in pre-existing rocks.
rainforest
intrusive
ozone layer
storm surge