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1. Mountains & characterized by extensive folding and thrust faulting & that form at convergent plate boundaries on continents.
fold and thrust mountains
ozone
sand dune
archaean
2. Sediments produced directly by the life processes of plants or animals.
oceanic crust
biogenic sediment
discharge
density
3. A method of sediment transport in which the turbulence of a fluid is able to keep particles supported in the fluid.
telescope
jetty
meteoroid
suspension
4. 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
pyroclastic
dust bowl
atoll
5. A conical volcano formed by the accumulation of pyroclastic debris around a vent.
cinder cone
compass
isostatic change in sea level
geology
6. The region of a shore that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
orogeny
intertidal zone
rainforest
7. An accumulation of wind driven sand into a distinctive shape.
seismograph
sand dune
continental divide
lava flood (plateau basalt)
8. Occurs at the intersection of the water table with the ground surface.
fold and thrust mountains
column
transcontinental
spring
9. The way in which a rock or mineral breaks in random patterns rather than cleaving
fracture
asteroid
basin
sand dune
10. The concept of a sequence of events involving the formation & alteration & destruction and reformation of rocks as a result of geologic processes.
rock cycle
global warming
crevasse
abyssal plain
11. A flood that rises and falls very rapidly.
lithosphere
gemstone
seismograph
flash flood
12. Containing moisture.
humid
ice shelf
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
fetch
13. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
convection cell
salinity
disintegration (mechanical weathering)
crust
14. Lies half way between the north and south magnetic poles.
legend
magnetic equator
oxbow lake
nebula
15. A type of thermal spring which ejects water intermittently with considerable force.
nuee ardente
shoreline
geyser
Mars
16. (Greek-Aphrodite)named after the Roman goddess of love. It is the planet closest in size to Earth and the second planted from the Sun.
lava flood (plateau basalt)
habitat
decomposition (chemical weathering)
Venus
17. A large area of flat or nearly flat land.
plain
Galileo
water table
barrier reef
18. The amount of material a stream carries in suspension.
Precambrian
suspended load
groove
water clarity
19. A broad & mound-like mass of glacier ice that usually spreads radially outward from a central zone.
lithification
ice sheet
anemometer
barrier reef
20. A study designed to collect critical data to be used for comparison or as a control in a later study.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
baseline study
salinization
climate
21. A lake in an abandoned meander.
Uniformitarianism
spring
oxbow lake
water table
22. A rock changed from its original form and/or composition by heat & pressure &shearing stress & or chemically active fluids & or some combination of them.
geologic time scale
seismology
fossil fuel
metamorphic rock
23. Sediments produced directly by the life processes of plants or animals.
chlorophyll
viscosity
biogenic sediment
trench
24. A steep or vertical cliff & either above or below sea level.
storm surge
escarpment
salinization
suspension
25. 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.
ice sheet
renewable resources
focus
resources
26. The very small particles of dirt & soot & and other pollutants that are present in the air.
Richter scale
rockfall
particulate air pollution
shoreline
27. A region of high heat flow on the Earth's surface & thought to lie above a mantle plume .
prairie
foreshock
hot spot
lithosphere
28. Fossils formed when water containing minerals leaks into a mold. The minerals harden to form a copy of the original structure or organism.
casts
coast
magnetic polarity
gemstone
29. An artificial hill formed by the debris of successive human settlements.
meander
swash and back wash
tell
transcontinental
30. 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
resources
continental shelf
Sun
Jupiter
31. 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.
fluctuate
fold and thrust mountains
plate
flash flood
32. A volcano in the shape of a flattened cone & broad and low & built by very fluid flows of basaltic lava.
convection
shield volcano
tide
moraine
33. A sedimentary rock composed of combustible matter derived from the partial decomposition of plant material.
bar
oal
deflation
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
34. The tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place.
water clarity
inertia
pahoehoe
Global Positioning System (GPS)
35. Produced as a wave steepens and falls forward as the wave nears the shore.
surf
oxbow lake
intrusive
ecosystem
36. The precipitation that runs directly off the surface to stream or body of standing water.
runoff
geothermal energy
ground moraine
crater
37. A hole or basin cut into bedrock of a stream by the abrasive action of pebbles and sand swirled by turbulent stream flow.
igneous rock
pothole
subduction
plutonic
38. A depression in the ground formed by the melting of a block of glacier ice buried or partially buried by drift.
crust
kettle
wave trough
nova -- (Supernova)
39. The top of a wave.
reservoir rock
renewable resources
wave crest
transcontinental
40. Any seismic wave that travels through the body of Earth & rather than along its surface.
abyssal plain
body wave
habitat
wave trough
41. Scratches & or small channels & gouged by glacier action. Occur on boulders & pebbles & and bedrock. Striations along bedrock indicate direction of ice movement.
fluctuate
moraine
striations
terrestrial
42. The condition of equilibrium & comparable to floating & of units of the lithosphere above the asthenosphere.
isostasy
plate
discharge
scale
43. 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
natural resources
cementation
current speed
44. The solid innermost part of the core with a diameter of a little over 1 &200 km.
zone of leaching
Precambrian
secchi disk
inner core
45. A layer of sedimentary rock; plural is strata.
tell
lava
stratum
volcanic ash
46. The area bordering a stream over which water spreads when the stream tops its channel banks.
shoreline
scale
Phanerozoic
floodplain
47. A Hawaiian term for a lava flow that has a rough & jagged surface.
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
plate boundaries
ice shelf
aa
48. A substance that produces positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water.
lava dome
meteoroid
convergent boundary
acid
49. A giant structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars.
galaxy
triangulation
conduction
solar system
50. The area immediately below the ground surface within which pore spaces are partially filled with water and partially filled with air.
aquatic
dust devil
zone of aeration
mineral deposit