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Earth Science
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1. A valley caused by extension of the Earth's crust. Its floor forms as a portion of the crust moves downward along normal faults.
seamount
waterfall
basin
rift (graben)
2. The reserves of a valuable mineral commodity plus all other mineral deposits that may eventually become available & even those that are presumed to exist but have not yet been discovered and those that are not economically or technologically exploita
cementation
storm surge
resources
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
3. A community of plants and/or animals and its physical environment & regarded as a unit.
specific gravity
ecosystem
pothole
intrusive
4. An area in which a large number of windmills have been erected to generate electrical power.
seismoscope
wind farm
conserve
oal
5. (Latin- Terra & Greek- Gaia) Earth is named after the ancient Germanic Goddess of the soil. It is the third planet from the Sun.
waterfall
Galileo
Earth
sedimentary rock
6. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
epicenter
luster
seamount
crater
7. No identifiable layers of minerals in a rock sample
nonfoliated
star
base
prairie
8. The way in which a rock or mineral breaks in random patterns rather than cleaving
Hadean
fracture
subduction
body wave
9. He area from which a stream and its tributaries receives its water.
lava lake
Mars
cementation
drainage basin
10. 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.
liquefaction
conduction
archipelago
cleavage
11. In a stream & the volume of water passing through a channel in a given time.
conserve
discharge
stratovolcano (composite volcano)
core
12. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
hardness
crust
water table
Precambrian
13. An isolated & steep-sided & rocky mass or island just offshore from a rocky headland & usually on a shore platform.
hardpan
seastack
ground moraine
ozone layer
14. An accumulation of wind driven sand into a distinctive shape.
chlorophyll
sand dune
geologic column
universe
15. An individual grain or constituent of a rock.
clast
plate boundaries
tell
hardpan
16. (Latin- Terra & Greek- Gaia) Earth is named after the ancient Germanic Goddess of the soil. It is the third planet from the Sun.
pyroclastic
Earth
drainage divide
compass Rose
17. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
Pluto
isthmus
mineral
observator
18. 1. Breach in a natural levee . 2. Deep crevice or open fracture in glacier ice.
comet
crevasse
chemical sediment
tell
19. 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.
casts
volcanic
ozone layer
coast
20. A worldwide change in sea level & such as caused by melting glaciers.
eustatic change in sea level
weathering
ablation
basalt
21. The science that deals with the study of the planet Earth--the materials of which it is made & the processes that act to change these materials from one form to another & and the history recorded by these materials; the forces acting to deform the ou
geology
sedimentary rock
lava flood (plateau basalt)
escarpment
22. Shapes & like mountains or hills that make up the Earth's surface.
meander
back swamp
icecap
landforms
23. The average weather conditions of an area over many years & as measured by temperature & wind speed & and precipitation.
atoll
climate
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
waterfall
24. Similar to a groin but built to keep sand out of a harbor entrance.
seismograph
mantle
jetty
watershed
25. A waste material that contaminates air & water & or soil.
orogeny
fold and thrust mountains
pollutant
archipelago
26. The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place.
pipe
nutrient
inertia
back swamp
27. A building that contains one or more telescopes.
back swamp
Continntal Drift Theory
groin
observator
28. A flat & dry plain covered with short grass.
neptune
steppe
acid rain
icecap
29. Gases that can be dissociated by solar radiation & which releases chlorine & which in turn destroys ozone.
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30. The mass of an object divided by its volume.
density
swash and back wash
streak
foreshock
31. A volcanic mountain on the seafloor. If flat-topped & it is a guyot.
stormwater runoff
seamount
focus
foreshock
32. A commonly used scale of earthquake intensity.
hydrologic cycle
Pelean eruption
Modified Mercalli Scale
clast
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.
solar system
transform boundary
archipelago
plate boundaries
34. 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.
loess
trench
rockslide (rock avalanche)
precipitation
35. 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
meteoroid
seastack
meteoroid
36. Destruction of the ozone layer caused by the release of CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons) into the atmosphere which react chemically with ozone and break it down into different gases.
Pelean eruption
ozone depletion
atoll
clastic
37. The peak flow of water that tops the banks of a stream channel.
petroleum
flood
Jupiter
seismology
38. A collection of maps.
continental slope
viscosity
atlas
igneous rock
39. The way in which a rock or mineral breaks in random patterns rather than cleaving
salinity
epicenter
caldera
fracture
40. A sharp bend & loop or turn in a stream's course. When abandoned & it is called a meander scar or an oxbow.
Continntal Drift Theory
Pangea
meander
compass Rose
41. A sedimentary rock made up of chemical sediments. Example: rock salt.
geyser
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
chemical sedimentary rock
Paleozoic
42. Mountains & characterized by extensive folding and thrust faulting & that form at convergent plate boundaries on continents.
neptune
fold and thrust mountains
watershed
plate boundaries
43. A period of dryness & that when prolonged & causes damage to crops; a shortage of water.
equinox
observator
drought
flood
44. A supercontinent that existed from the Jurassic to Early Tertiary after splitting from Pangea; composed of Laurentia & Baltica & Avalonia & (modern North America & Scandinavia & Greenland & Western and Central Europe); eventually fragmented into Eur
Laurasia
thrust fault
aftershock
compaction
45. 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
continental slope
permafrost
body wave
46. A naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a well-defined chemical composition and in which atoms are arranged in an ordered fashion.
dust devil
legend
cartographer
mineral
47. Deposition of fine mineral particles (silt) on the beds of streams or lakes.
region
siltation
dust storm
ore deposit
48. The attractive force between two objects; its magnitude depends on their masses and the distance between them.
Galileo
Venus
gravity
galaxy
49. The physical & chemical & and biological processes by which rock at or near the Earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces.
black smoker
period
soil
weathering
50. The physical & chemical & and biological processes by which rock at or near the Earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces.
weathering
nebula
scale
lava