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1. A volcanic mountain on the seafloor. If flat-topped & it is a guyot.
calving
seamount
period
streak
2. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
streak
delta
secchi disk
eclipse
3. The process of one plate descending beneath another.
coast
convection
peat
subduction
4. An area in which a large number of windmills have been erected to generate electrical power.
telescope
groin
wind farm
longitude
5. A narrow & elongate region in which one lithospheric plate descends relative to another.
igneous rock
subduction zone
continental shelf
moon
6. The area immediately below the ground surface within which pore spaces are partially filled with water and partially filled with air.
zone of aeration
tide
outcrop
continental rise
7. A large area of flat or nearly flat land.
pothole
discharge
seismology
plain
8. The height of a place above sea level.
elevation
discharge
magnitude
gravity
9. Deposition of fine mineral particles (silt) on the beds of streams or lakes.
siltation
landforms
zone of saturation
triangulation
10. An isolated & steep-sided & rocky mass or island just offshore from a rocky headland & usually on a shore platform.
isthmus
mineral
Pillow Lava
seastack
11. The processes (mechanical and chemical) responsible for the wearing away & loosening & and dissolving of materials of the Earth's crust.
hot spot
abundant metal
erosion
aa
12. Any solid material that has settled out of a state of suspension in liquid.
Galileo
sediment
natural resources
smelting
13. The pattern of water circulation from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean.
escarpment
oxbow
hydrologic cycle
triangulation
14. A volcanic mountain on the seafloor. If flat-topped & it is a guyot.
rock
seamount
precipitation
clastic
15. A thickened elevated region of Earth's crust that is mainly (but not entirely) above sea level.
igneous rock
fetch
reserves
continent
16. An instrument that merely indicates the occurrence of an earthquake.
telescope
tell
seismoscope
open pit mining
17. 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.
Earth
Prime Meridian
beach
plate tectonics
18. A plate boundary in which plates on opposite sides of the boundary move past each other in opposite directions. The San Andreas fault of California is a good example.
Precambrian
till (unstratified drift)
transform boundary
shore
19. A region of high heat flow on the Earth's surface & thought to lie above a mantle plume .
geologic column
inertia
constellation
hot spot
20. The rise and fall of sea level caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon on the Earth.
shoreline
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
tide
island arc
21. A mass of ice & formed by the recrystallization of snow & that flows forward & or has flowed at some time in the past.
glacier
geothermal energy
Global Positioning System (GPS)
biogenic sedimentary rock
22. The explosion of a dying giant or supergiant star.
abyssal plain
nova -- (Supernova)
galaxy
flood
23. Extending across a continent.
ozone
transcontinental
tide
quarrying
24. A device containing a free-swinging magnetic needle that is attracted to Earth's magnetic North Pole. Used to determine direction of travel.
channelization
baseline study
compass
fossil fuel
25. A statement of relative age in layered rocks: In a series of sedimentary rocks that has not been overturned & the topmost layer is always the youngest and the bottommost layer is always the oldest.
rock
wave trough
mantle
superposition
26. 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.
bar
Paleozoic
groove
pipe
27. A ridge of high water associated with a hurricane and which floods over the shore .
superposition
light-year
storm surge
isthmus
28. A rigid segment of the Earth's lithosphere that moves horizontally and adjoins other plates along zones of seismic activity. Plates may include portions of both continents and ocean basins.
focus
basalt
plate
oxbow lake
29. A group of stars that appear to make a pattern in the sky. The Big Dipper is a constellation.
mineral
constellation
epicenter
continental rise
30. 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 .
mineral
isostasy
Proterozoic
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
31. A study designed to collect critical data to be used for comparison or as a control in a later study.
baseline study
neptune
basalt
column
32. 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
creep
Pangea
swells
Continntal Drift Theory
33. A plate boundary in which plates on opposite sides of the boundary move past each other in opposite directions. The San Andreas fault of California is a good example.
convection
liquefaction
outcrop
transform boundary
34. A reverse fault on which the dip angle of the fault plane is 15 degrees or less.
thrust fault
Proxima Centauri
universe
continental crust
35. Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance in degrees north or south of the equator. Latitude lines extend horizontally & from east to west on a globe.
clastic
karst
siltation
latitude
36. 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.
compression fossil
soil
atmosphere
focus
37. A narrow & steep-walled depression in the ocean floor & much deeper than the adjacent ocean and associated with a subduction zone.
oceanic crust
trench
beach
ozone depletion
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.
surf
caldera
equinox
sedimentary rock
39. A steep or vertical cliff & either above or below sea level.
wave crest
escarpment
Pangea
delta
40. A sedimentary rock composed of combustible matter derived from the partial decomposition of plant material.
cinder cone
oal
desertification
cartographer
41. The very slow & generally continuous downslope movement of soil and debris under the influence of gravity.
creep
shoreline
aftershock
subduction zone
42. A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer.
magnetic equator
telescope
nebula
intensity
43. Lies half way between the north and south magnetic poles.
Andromeda
volcanic ash
magnetic equator
scour
44. The condition of equilibrium & comparable to floating & of units of the lithosphere above the asthenosphere.
magnetic equator
wave height
isostasy
suspension
45. A reverse fault on which the dip angle of the fault plane is 15 degrees or less.
rainforest
thrust fault
foreshock
zone of aeration
46. Similar to a groin but built to keep sand out of a harbor entrance.
longitude
jetty
nova -- (Supernova)
isostatic change in sea level
47. An earthquake that follows and has its epicenter near a larger earthquake.
isostasy
lava flood (plateau basalt)
aftershock
comet
48. Any solid material that has settled out of a state of suspension in liquid.
period
neptune
sediment
compass Rose
49. Pertaining to clastic material formed by volcanic explosion or aerial expulsion from a volcanic vent.
crystal
jetty
pyroclastic
reef
50. A rock that has crystallized from a molten state.
igneous rock
telescope
inertia
atoll