Final

Front 1

Rocks that solidify and crystallize from a molten state are called

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Igneous; magma; intruded; extruded; lava

Front 2

Which of the following is INCORRECTLY matched?

Back 2

Radioactive decay heat--exogenic energy source

Front 3

Which of the following gives the correct sequence of layers in earth, from the surface to the center?

Back 3

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Front 4

Which if the following is an example of intrusive, igneous rock formation?

Back 4

Volcano

Front 5

Humans can contribute to both the endogenous and exogenic processes shape earth.

Back 5

True

Front 6

Obsidian is an igneous rock with a glassy appearance and minimal crystal growth. What accounts for this?

Back 6

It is an extrusive igneous rock that cooled RAPIDLY

Front 7

What type of rock is derived from the bits and pieces of former rocks?

Back 7

Sedimentary

Front 8

The steps leading to the formation of clastic sedimentary rocks

Back 8

Erosion, transportation, deposition, cementation

Front 9

If you were driving down the highway..

Back 9

Sedimentary rocks

Front 10

A rock transformed from any other rock through extreme heat and or pressure

Back 10

Metamorphic

Front 11

Drives the exogenic processes of the rock cycle

Back 11

Hydrologic cycle

Front 12

CORRECT regarding continental drift

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The term "continental drift" is now called plate tectonics

Front 13

Transform faults along plate boundaries are typically associated with

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Earthquake activity

Front 14

Divergent plate boundaries are characteristic of

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Sea floor spreading centers

Front 15

The term for the undulations and other variations in the shape of earth's surface

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Topography

Front 16

Orogenesis

Back 16

A general term for a mountain building episode that thickens continental crust

Front 17

The San Andreas system in California

Back 17

Both a strike slip and transform fault

Front 18

Small conical shaped hill's with truncated tops that formed during moderately explosive Volcanic eruptions

Back 18

Cinder cones

Front 19

Increases seismicity in Colorado, NM, and Oklahoma

Back 19

Injection wells associated with hydraulic fracturing

Front 20

Where would one likely find the deepest soil development?

Back 20

Level or nearly ground level

Front 21

A vertical cross section of soil extending from the surface to the deepest extent of plant root activity

Back 21

Soil profile

Front 22

The basic soil sampling unit

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Pedon

Front 23

Which of the following best describes soil?

Back 23

A dynamic natural material composed of water, air, mineral fragments, and organic matter

Front 24

The branch or soil science that deals with the origin, classification, distribution, and description

Back 24

Pedology

Front 25

A rough equal mix of sand, silt, and clay

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Loam

Front 26

Soil erosion in the US

Back 26

Can destroy in on year the fertile sold that took centuries to produce

Front 27

Soil erosion is caused by

Back 27

All the listed responses

Front 28

CORRECT about the US soil classification system

Back 28

The Soil taxonomy

Front 29

Solis are the foundation of basic ecosystem function

Back 29

True

Front 30

Warming temperatures have accelerated the thawing of gelisols

Back 30

Contain about half the pool of global carbon..

Front 31

The science that specifically studies the origin, evolution, form, and spatial distribution of landform

Back 31

Geomorphology

Front 32

The dynamic equilibriam model

Back 32

A balancing act...

Front 33

In the Andes mountains of South America...

Back 33

Debris avalanche

Front 34

NOT a type of physical weathering process

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Hydrolysis

Front 35

Chemical weathering is greatest under conditions of

Back 35

Higher rainfall and temperatures

Front 36

Human-induced mass movements produce a category of processes

Back 36

Scarification

Front 37

The science of water and it's global circulation, distribution, and properties

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Hydrology

Front 38

Processes that are related expressly to streams and rivers

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Fluvial

Front 39

Of the world's largest rivers, which has the greatest discharge?

Back 39

Amazon river

Front 40

If you lived in an area that was flooded by the 100-year flood last year..

Back 40

There is a 1% chance

Front 41

INCORRECTLY matched with a drainage pattern

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Topographically disrupted areas--parallel

Front 42

A Yazoo tributary system cannot join with the main river in an area because

Back 42

A natural levee on the main river prevents it's joining

Front 43

A braided stream is indicative of excess sedimentation

Back 43

True

Front 44

The entrench mentioned of a river into its own floodplain produces

Back 44

Alluvial terraces

Front 45

Cone-shaped deposits of sediment often found at mouth of canyons in arid and seminars climates are called

Back 45

Alluvial fans