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1. The way in which a rock or mineral breaks in random patterns rather than cleaving
drainage divide
flash flood
fracture
elevation
2. Saturn is named after the Roman god of the harvest. It is the sixth planet from the Sun.
aa
Saturn
drought
resources
3. An isolated & steep-sided & rocky mass or island just offshore from a rocky headland & usually on a shore platform.
Modified Mercalli Scale
lava lake
body wave
seastack
4. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
magnetic equator
sextant
flood
pH
5. The transformation of a soil from a solid to a liquid state as the result of increased pore pressure.
liquefaction
intrusive
lahar
breakwater
6. The process by which a binding & or cementing & agent is precipitated in spaces among individual particles of a deposit. Common cementing agents are calcite & quartz & and dolomite.
siltation
era
compass
cementation
7. A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano & through Which magma has passed.
intertidal zone
storm surge
black smoker
pipe
8. Bent rock strata.
fold
pH
drainage basin
arid
9. The naturally occurring material from which a mineral or minerals of economic value can be extracted at a profit.
boundary
seafloor spreading
denudation
ore
10. A rock that has crystallized from a molten state.
plain
Copernicus & Nicholas
collisional Boundary
igneous rock
11. 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
specific gravity
Pangea
ground moraine
basalt
12. The sudden fall of one or more large pieces of a rock from a cliff.
volcano
magnetic pole
rockfall
scour
13. The portion of the continental margin that extends as a gently sloping surface from the shoreline seaward to a marked change in slope at the top of the continental slope . Seaward depth averages about 130 m.
fossil
lava lake
continental shelf
rock cycle
14. A mound or ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
tide
moraine
rainforest
zone of aeration
15. A device built to study distant objects by making them appear closer.
abundant metal
Proterozoic
telescope
humid
16. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
archipelago
mantle
absolute time
Galileo
17. A large volume of dust-sized particles lifted high into the atmosphere.
dust storm
rock cycle
mantle
geothermal energy
18. A spring whose temperature is 6.5o C or more above mean annual air temperature.
Pangea
soil
pahoehoe
thermal spring
19. Igneous. Antonym of intrusive. Synonym of volcanic. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed from lava released on the Earth's surface.
extrusive
comet
Modified Mercalli Scale
resources
20. 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.
subduction
drought
equator
oceanic crust
21. A downward distortion or dimple in the water table that forms as a well pumps water faster than it can flow through the aquifer.
cone of depression
tidal inlet
light-year
ground moraine
22. Of or relating to or containing basalt & a dark & dense & extrusive rock that has a silica content of 40% to 50% and makes up most of the ocean floor.
silicate
basaltic
desertification
bar
23. The galaxy where Earth is located.
vesicle
Milky Way
Pelean eruption
swash and back wash
24. A large & basin-shaped volcanic depression & more or less circular in form. Typically steep-sided & found at the summit of a shield volcano.
atoll
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
caldera
moon
25. A sharp bend & loop or turn in a stream's course. When abandoned & it is called a meander scar or an oxbow.
Greenhouse Effect
divergent boundary
meander
crater
26. A general term for a relatively hard layer of soil at or just below the ground surface & cemented by silica & iron oxide & calcium carbonate & or organic matter.
nebula
body wave
biogenic sediment
hardpan
27. The line formed by the intersection of the axial plane of a fold with a bedding plane & marking where the bed shows its maximum curvature.
convergent boundary
continental divide
Continntal Drift Theory
axis
28. The processes of weathering by which physical actions such as frost wedging break down a rock into fragments & involving no chemical change.
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
satellite
zone of leaching
natural resources
29. 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.
humus
equinox
aftershock
cleavage
30. The processes of weathering by which physical actions such as frost wedging break down a rock into fragments & involving no chemical change.
groundtruthing
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
hardpan
satellite
31. A sedimentary rock composed of combustible matter derived from the partial decomposition of plant material.
hardpan
oal
rainforest
arch
32. 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.
metamorphic rock
fjord
denudation
geologic time scale
33. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
Mercury
scientific model
water clarity
back swamp
34. Lacking in rainfall & very dry.
arid
streak
reserves
waterfall
35. Woodland that usually gets at least 100 inches of rain each year.
flood
rainforest
ozone depletion
compass
36. Materials that are found in nature that are useful or necessary for people to live.
baseline study
natural resources
sandstorm
ozone depletion
37. The environment where a particular plant or animal is normally found.
habitat
ground water
hemisphere
zone of leaching
38. The relationship between distances in the area being mapped and distances in the map itself.
sandstorm
density
scale
sediment
39. Long narrow beaches separated in many places from the mainland by lagoons.
barrier beaches
continental rise
water table
groundtruthing
40. To change back and forth uncertainly.
cementation
jetty
fluctuate
seismograph
41. The low spot between two successive waves.
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
wave trough
Jupiter
crystal
42. A unit of length used in sea navigation based on the length of 1 minute of arc on a great circle. On Earth & 1 minute of latitude.
Earth system
hemisphere
ground water
nautical mile
43. A valley caused by extension of the Earth's crust. Its floor forms as a portion of the crust moves downward along normal faults.
Mesozoic
rift (graben)
compass
geothermal energy
44. 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.
precipitation
hemisphere
ground water
denudation
45. A curved belt of volcanic islands lying above a subduction zone.
runoff
surf
island arc
sandstorm
46. The line separating land and water.
crust
atlas
scour
shoreline
47. A fracture or zone of fractures along the boundaries of tectonic plates where movement has taken place.
geology
fault
Mesozoic
levees
48. Any seismic wave that travels through the body of Earth & rather than along its surface.
nuee ardente
sedimentary rock
body wave
seismograph
49. To preserve & or to avoid wasteful use.
conserve
lava lake
telescope
terrestrial
50. Produced as a wave steepens and falls forward as the wave nears the shore.
fracture
Global Positioning System (GPS)
current speed
surf