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1. A post of dripstone growing up from a cave floor.
magnitude
storm surge
stalagmite
intensity
2. Enormous & thick sheets of rock that are part of the Earth's upper mantle that move and adjoin each other along zones of seismic activity. Many tectonic plates extend underneath both continents and sea floor.
El Nino
inner core
core
tectonic Plates
3. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
column
erratic
magnetic pole
salinity
4. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles & primarily altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude.
wave crest
stratum
sextant
specific gravity
5. The process by which ocean floors spread laterally from crests of main ocean ridges. As material moves laterally from the ridge & new material replaces it along the ridge crest by welling upward from the mantle.
tidal inlet
seafloor spreading
galaxy
subtropical deserts
6. The line that separates one drainage basin from another.
bedrock
drainage divide
pyroclastic
water table
7. A river that is able to maintain its flow through a desert because of water received from outside the desert.
convection
black hole
lava flood (plateau basalt)
exotic river
8. The elevation at which snow persists throughout the year.
conserve
Mars
era
snow line
9. A device containing a free-swinging magnetic needle that is attracted to Earth's magnetic North Pole. Used to determine direction of travel.
biogenic sediment
Uniformitarianism
compass
kettle
10. The mass of an object divided by its volume.
urban
density
precipitation
ice sheet
11. An eruption of lava that takes place from a fracture & usually without producing a cone.
vesicle
cementation
fissure eruption
smelting
12. Weathering processes that are the result of chemical reactions. Example: the transformation of orthoclase to kaolinite.
wave trough
glacier
deflation
decomposition (chemical weathering)
13. An earthquake that follows and has its epicenter near a larger earthquake.
Jupiter
Global Positioning System (GPS)
El Nino
aftershock
14. A type of volcanic eruption characterized by nuees ardentes and the development of lava domes.
water clarity
Pangea
Pelean eruption
plate tectonics
15. The breaking away of ice from the front of the glacier when it ends in a lake or an ocean. Produces icebergs.
calving
isostasy
caldera
magnetic polarity
16. Heat transport by moving particles & and the thermal energy that they carry & to a new location.
mid-ocean ridges
hardpan
suspended load
convection
17. A sea level change due to change in load on Earth's crust.
oceanic crust
dust storm
groin
isostatic change in sea level
18. A volcano in the shape of a flattened cone & broad and low & built by very fluid flows of basaltic lava.
gravity
fetch
Galileo
shield volcano
19. A measure of the size of an earthquake in terms of the damage it causes.
urban
flash flood
intensity
archaean
20. Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets.
asteroid
storm surge
prairie
estuary
21. The most recent eon of geologic time beginning 570 million years ago and continuing to the present.
lava lake
fissure eruption
deflation
Phanerozoic
22. The height of a place above sea level.
isostasy
elevation
lava flood (plateau basalt)
ecosystem
23. Lava extruded beneath water characterized by pillow shapes.
drainage basin
Pillow Lava
region
thrust fault
24. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
Uranus
water table
permafrost
swells
25. Swamp that forms in the low lying flood plain behind a levee.
back swamp
Pluto
seismology
acid
26. 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.
geothermal energy
mantle
plutonic
mid-ocean ridges
27. The upper horizons in a soil & through which gravitational moisture travels & removing soluble decomposition products.
zone of leaching
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
oxbow lake
mineral deposit
28. The persistence of wind-formed waves after wind ceases.
Gondwana
swells
satellite
Uranus
29. A coral reef attached directly to the mainland.
moraine
tidal inlet
fringing reef
era
30. The zones of seismic activity long which plates are in contact.
specific gravity
plate boundaries
star
groin
31. A measure of acidity.
primary productivity
equator
pH
tell
32. 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
breakwater
tell
core
33. A division of geologic time next shorter than a period. Example: the Pleistocene epoch is in the Quaternary period.
scale
Andromeda
epoch
absolute time
34. A reverse fault on which the dip angle of the fault plane is 15 degrees or less.
oceanic trench
Modified Mercalli Scale
thrust fault
stalactite
35. Open pit mining & typically for coal.
Mars
strip mining
rainforest
magnetic pole
36. Heat transport by moving particles & and the thermal energy that they carry & to a new location.
convection
seafloor spreading
renewable resources
barrier beaches
37. A Hawaiian term for a basaltic lava flow with a smooth & or ropy surface.
pahoehoe
reservoir rock
seismic gap
suspension
38. A rock changed from its original form and/or composition by heat & pressure &shearing stress & or chemically active fluids & or some combination of them.
thrust fault
abundant metal
flood
metamorphic rock
39. A volcanic mountain on the seafloor. If flat-topped & it is a guyot.
seamount
snow line
fossil
reserves
40. A process of land degradation initiated by human activity & particularly in the zones along the margins of deserts.
desertification
Earth
stalactite
fold
41. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
Hadean
archipelago
magnetic pole
abyssal plain
42. 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.
conduction
volcanic
wave length
legend
43. An icicle-shaped accumulation of dripstone hanging from cave roof.
continental crust
stalactite
period
nonfoliated
44. Where one plate slides beneath another plate as the two are pushed together & a subduction zone.
subduction
rift (graben)
suspension
convergent boundary
45. A giant structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars.
galaxy
Greenhouse Effect
calving
lava
46. A division of geologic time next shorter than a period. Example: the Pleistocene epoch is in the Quaternary period.
flood
dust devil
epoch
groin
47. Glacial drift composed of rock fragments that range from clay to boulder size and randomly arranged without bedding.
till (unstratified drift)
foreshock
geothermal energy
biogenic sediment
48. The area bordering a stream over which water spreads when the stream tops its channel banks.
gemstone
floodplain
Jupiter
Milky Way
49. A general term including both oil and natural gas.
petroleum
Andromeda
Mars
delta
50. 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.
volcanic
moraine
Richter scale
prairie
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