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Earth Science
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1. A person who makes maps.
volcano
back swamp
hemisphere
cartographer
2. The level of light that penetrates through water.
sextant
lava dome
water clarity
pathogen
3. A depression in the ground formed by the melting of a block of glacier ice buried or partially buried by drift.
stormwater runoff
isostasy
reservoir rock
kettle
4. 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.
superposition
stalagmite
suspended load
jetty
5. 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.
legend
fracture
denudation
axis
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.
drainage divide
hemisphere
decomposition (chemical weathering)
hot spot
7. The physical & chemical & and biological processes by which rock at or near the Earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces.
pothole
cartographer
weathering
continental rise
8. A term applied to large areas of basaltic lava presumably extruded from fissures.
volcanic ash
aquifer
seismograph
lava flood (plateau basalt)
9. The theory that states that the present-day continents are the fragmented pieces of preexisting larger landmasses called supercontinents.
Continntal Drift Theory
hardness
water table
dust devil
10. Deposition of fine mineral particles (silt) on the beds of streams or lakes.
lava dome
siltation
renewable resources
hydrologic cycle
11. A mound or ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
fold
moraine
Andromeda
continental rise
12. Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets.
asteroid
aquatic
ozone depletion
ice sheet
13. A wall built out from the shore & usually at perpendicular to it to trap sand carried by longshore currents .
you-shaped valley
gemstone
crust
groin
14. Applies to igneous rocks that cool on the surface of the Earth & including beneath water; typically with small crystals due to the rapidity of cooling. Synonym of extrusive. Antonym of plutonic.
runoff
cinder cone
archaean
volcanic
15. The partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
striations
eclipse
caldera
groundtruthing
16. A large & basin-shaped volcanic depression & more or less circular in form. Typically steep-sided & found at the summit of a shield volcano.
caldera
estuary
flash flood
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
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.
shield volcano
Mars
isostasy
plate tectonics
18. Igneous. Antonym of intrusive. Synonym of volcanic. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed from lava released on the Earth's surface.
fracture
extrusive
epoch
stormwater runoff
19. A ridge of high water associated with a hurricane and which floods over the shore .
storm surge
stalactite
tell
reservoir rock
20. A thick layer of soil.
continental divide
sod
arid
continental rise
21. A narrow strip of land along the margin of the ocean extending inland for a variable distance from low water mark.
resources
coast
flood
plain
22. The elevation at which snow persists throughout the year.
foliated
snow line
anemometer
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
23. 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.
basalt
estuary
coast
magnetic pole
24. 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
Uniformitarianism
seismoscope
ablation
25. All unconsolidated materials above bedrock. Natural earthy materials on the Earth's surface & in places modified or even made by human activity & containing living matter & and supporting or capable of supporting plants out of doors.
continental rise
oxbow
prairie
soil
26. 1. Breach in a natural levee . 2. Deep crevice or open fracture in glacier ice.
tide
you-shaped valley
crevasse
karst
27. Water that flows across watersheds during and immediately after severe rainstorms. In populated areas & stormwater runoff is often water that cannot be handled by existing sewer systems. Stormwater runoff is the leading source of water pollution in t
snow line
convection
fold
stormwater runoff
28. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
suspended load
Earth
observator
floodplain
29. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
atoll
intrusive
oceanic crust
flood
30. Materials that are found in nature that are useful or necessary for people to live.
natural resources
weathering
elevation
ablation
31. The first scientist to make systematic use of the telescope in looking at the heavens.
scientific model
Galileo
wave crest
subduction
32. A commonly used measure of earthquake magnitude & based on a logarithmic scale. Each integral step on the scale represents a tenfold increase in the extent of ground shaking & as recorded on a seismograph.
spring
loess
Richter scale
open pit mining
33. The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases.
constellation
oxbow lake
global warming
fringing reef
34. The direction & north (normal) or south (reversed) & that a magnetic compass needle points.
aa
seastack
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
magnetic polarity
35. Any seismic wave that travels through the body of Earth & rather than along its surface.
pipe
intensity
body wave
erratic
36. The transformation of a soil from a solid to a liquid state as the result of increased pore pressure.
strip mining
plutonic
snow line
liquefaction
37. A wall built out from the shore & usually at perpendicular to it to trap sand carried by longshore currents .
seismoscope
black smoker
bedrock
groin
38. Verifying assessments made from satellite data by doing direct & 'on-the ground' measurements.
isostasy
prairie
groundtruthing
oxbow lake
39. The environment where a particular plant or animal is normally found.
snow line
Paleozoic
oceanic crust
habitat
40. A small ice sheet.
archaean
plain
icecap
dust storm
41. An area of land that delivers runoff water & sediment & and dissolved substances to surface water bodies & such as rivers or lakes. All watersheds consist of boundaries & a basin and collection areas.
biogenic sedimentary rock
lava lake
orogeny
watershed
42. Heat extracted from the Earth for use as an power source.
geothermal energy
inertia
continental divide
bedrock
43. Soil conditions prevailing in area whose mean annual temperature is 0o C.
crust
isthmus
cartographer
permafrost
44. Sediment formed by chemical precipitation from water. Example: halite precipitated as the result of the evaporation of sea water.
chemical sediment
magnetic equator
atlas
trench
45. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
viscosity
back swamp
siltation
zone of leaching
46. Mars is named after the Roman god of war. It is the fourth planet from the Sun.
cleavage
Phanerozoic
Mars
casts
47. A hot & gaseous & self-luminous celestial body & as the Sun.
plutonic
fringing reef
rockslide (rock avalanche)
star
48. Scratches & or small channels & gouged by glacier action. Occur on boulders & pebbles & and bedrock. Striations along bedrock indicate direction of ice movement.
mantle
striations
water table
open pit mining
49. A system involving continuous interaction of the solid Earth & the atmosphere & the oceans and living things.
Earth system
oceanic crust
ablation
universe
50. Deposits of wind-borne dust.
loess
nutrient
clast
Earth