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67 Cards in this Set
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anem
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wind
"anemometer" - an instrument for measuring air velocity |
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aren
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sand
"arenaceous" - resembling or containing sand |
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bar
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pressure, weight
"barometer" - an instrument that is used to measure atmospheric pressure |
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bath
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deep
"bathythermograph" - a record of temperature as a function of depth in the ocean |
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bio
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life
"biology" - from Greek bios "life" + logia "study of" |
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byss
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bottom, depth
deep "abyss" - chasm with no apparent bottom |
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caust, caut
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to burn
"caustic" - capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive |
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celer
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fast
"accellerometer" - a seismometer with response linearly proportional to the acceleration of earth materials with which it is in contact |
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chlor
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green
"chlorophane" - a variety of fluorite that exhibits bright-green phosphorescent light if heated |
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chron
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time [chronology]
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crypt
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hidden
"cryptocrystalline" -state of matter in which there is actually orderly arrangement of atoms characteristic of crystals but in units so small (material is so fine grained) that crystalline nature cannot be determined with an ordinary microscope |
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dactyl
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finger
"dactylitic" - a type of rock texture produced by a crytal intergrowth, in which one mineral is penetrated by fingerlike projections from another mineral |
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dyn, dynam
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power
"dynamometer" - appliance used in engineering to measure power |
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enigm
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puzzle [enigma]
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etym
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true
"etymologist" - a person studying the true origin of words |
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flu, flux
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flow
"flume" - an artificial inclined channel used for conveying water for industrial purposes |
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fug
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to flee [centrifugal]
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funct
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perform [defunct]
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glac
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ice
"glaciology" - the study of all aspects of snow and ice; the science that treats quantitatively the whole range of processes associated with all forms of solid existing water |
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gon
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angle, corner
"goniometer" - in crystallography, an instrument for measuring angles between crystal faces |
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grad, gress
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to step
"gradient" - the inclination of profile gradeline from the horizontal, expressed as a percentage |
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gram, graph
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to write [seismogram]
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grav
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to weigh, heavy [gravity]
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heli
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sun
"heliolite" - A whitish to reddish-gray mineral with internal yellowish or reddish firelike reflections; also called sunstone |
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hydr
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water
"hydrostatic" - relating to the pressure or equilibrium of fluids |
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juven
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young
"juvenile" - a term applied to water and gases that are known to have been derived directly from magma and are thought to have come to the Earth's surface for the first time |
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juxta
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next to, beside [justaposition]
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later
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side
"lateral" moraine - ridge of till along edge of valley glacier. Composed largely of material fallen to glacier from valley walls |
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lev
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not heavy, to arise
"levee" - bank of sand and silt built by river during floods, where suspended load deposited in greatest quantity close to river |
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lith
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stone
"lithology" - the character of a rock described in terms of its structure, color, mineral composition, grain size, and arrangement of its component parts; all those visible features that in the aggregate impart individuality to the rock |
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lumin
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opening, light
"luminescence" - the emission of light by a substance that has received energy or electromagnetic radiation of a different wavelength from an external stimulus |
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mal
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bad, badly
"malpais" - A term used in the Southwestern United States and Mexico for a region of rough and barren lava flows. |
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mar
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sea
lunar "maria" - Dark-toned "seas" of moon marking topographically low areas |
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morph
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form
"morphology" - the observation of the form of lands |
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naut
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to sail
"astronaut" - star sailor |
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nov
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new [innovation]
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odont
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tooth [odontosaurus]
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name [pseudonym]
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opthalm
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eye [opthalmic]
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ornith
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bird [ornithology]
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oscill
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to swing
"oscillation" - independent movement through a limited range, usually on a hinge |
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petr
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rock
"petroleum" - oil from the rock (oleum = oil) |
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phil
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love
"hydrophilic" - having a strong affinity for water |
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phot
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light
"photogeology" - The identification, recording, and study of geologic features and structures by means of photography; specifically the geologic interpretation of aerial and space photographs and images |
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pseud
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false, fake
"pseudogalena" - an alternate name for the mineral sphalerite, often mistaken for the mineral galena |
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pyr
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fire
"pyrolysis" - chemical decomposition by the action of heat |
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rupt
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break
"rupture" - breaking apart or state of being broken apart |
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rutil
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red, orange
"rutile" - a dark reddish brown or lustrous black titanium dioxide mineral forming needle-shaped crystals |
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saur
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lizard
"dinosaur" -Greek deinos "terrible" + sauros "lizard," |
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scend, scens
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climb [ascend]
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schiz
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split
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scrib, script
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write
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taph
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tomb
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techn
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art, skill [biotechnology]
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tempor
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time [temporaty]
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ten
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hold [tensile]
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tox
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poison [toxic]
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ubiqu
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everywhere [ubiquitous]
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umbr
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shade [umbrella]
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veloc
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fast [velocity]
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ver
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truth [veracity]
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virid
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green [viridescent]
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xen
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foreign, strange [xenolith]
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xyl
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wood [xylography]
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zo
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animal [zoology]
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allo
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other
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lith
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rock stone
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