Geology

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  1. aftershock
    a tremor following the main tremor of an earthquake
  2. aluminum
    a silvery, flexible, metallic element
  3. aquifer
    underground layer of rock or sand that yields groundwater
  4. bedrock
    solid unweathered stone beneath surface deposits of soil
  5. bulge
    swell or protrude outwards
  6. caldera
    a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano
  7. cataclysm
    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  8. Colorado River
    an important river in the southwestern United States
  9. copper
    a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
  10. core
    the center of an object
  11. crack
    a narrow opening
  12. crater
    a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
  13. crust
    a hard outer layer that covers something
  14. debris
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  15. decomposition
    the organic phenomenon of rotting
  16. deposit
    the act of putting something somewhere
  17. depression
    a sunken or lowered geological formation
  18. diamond
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  19. disintegration
    separation into component parts
  20. earthquake
    vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  21. emerald
    a green transparent form of beryl
  22. epicenter
    a point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake
  23. erosion
    the process of wearing or grinding something down
  24. eruption
    the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge
  25. fault
    an imperfection in an object or machine
  26. force
    influence that results in motion, stress, etc. when applied
  27. fossil
    the remains of a plant or animal from a past geological age
  28. gem
    a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
  29. geyser
    a spring that discharges hot water and steam
  30. glacial
    relating to or derived from a slowly moving mass of ice
  31. glacial epoch
    any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
  32. glacier
    a slowly moving mass of ice
  33. global warming
    a rise in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere
  34. Grand Canyon
    the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona
  35. granite
    a type of igneous rock with a visibly crystalline texture
  36. hot spring
    a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above
  37. iceberg
    a large frozen mass floating at sea
  38. igneous
    produced by the action of fire or intense heat
  39. lava
    rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos
  40. layer
    a single thickness of some substance or material
  41. limestone
    a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
  42. lithosphere
    the solid part of the Earth
  43. magma
    molten rock in the earth's crust
  44. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
  45. mantle
    a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
  46. marble
    a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish
  47. mercury
    a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
  48. metamorphic
    having undergone transformation by pressure, heat, etc.
  49. mineral
    a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature
  50. moraine
    accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
  51. nickel
    a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
  52. Nile River
    the world's longest river
  53. ore
    a mineral that contains metal valuable enough to be mined
  54. peat bog
    wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation
  55. platinum
    a heavy precious metallic element
  56. quake
    shake with fast, unsteady movements
  57. quartz
    a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
  58. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
  59. rubble
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  60. ruby
    a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
  61. sedimentary
    formed by or containing the accumulation of deposited matter
  62. seismic
    subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  63. seismology
    the branch of geology that studies earthquakes
  64. silver
    a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
  65. sodium
    a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
  66. split
    separate into parts or portions
  67. stratigraphy
    the branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata
  68. stratum
    one of several parallel layers of material
  69. swamp
    low land that is seasonally flooded
  70. tidal
    of or relating to or caused by tides
  71. tin
    a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion
  72. tremor
    an involuntary vibration, as if from illness or fear
  73. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  74. volcano
    a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  75. zinc
    a bluish-white lustrous metallic element
Created on Thu Jun 02 02:09:40 EDT 2011 (updated Thu Jun 02 02:11:58 EDT 2011)

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