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8th Grade Science Test 6 (Semester Exam) Flashcards

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A volcano consisting primarily of erupted volcanic ash and rock fragments held together loosely is a

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cinder-cone volcano

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The upper layers of the ground stripped away by surface mining are the

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overburden

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Some glaciers extend into the ocean without breaking to form

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ice shelves

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Which type of weathering involves the breaking or peeling away of rock into layers?

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exfoliation

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What is an alloy of iron and carbon?

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steel

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What is the land that borders a river and is covered by river water in flood time?

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floodplain

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The amount of matter in an object is the

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mass

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Man is classified as Homo

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sapiens

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What type of mountain formed when rocks on one side of a fault were forced upward and the rocks on the other side were forced downward?

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fault-block

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What is the narrow zone of active volcanoes that encircles the Pacific basin?

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Ring of Fire

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What is the resistance of a smooth surface of a mineral to being scratched?

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hardness

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The largest group of minerals, which compose over 90% of the earth’s crust, are the ___.

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silicates

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What plant food element promotes the ripening of fruits?

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phosphorus

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What is the upper surface of ground water?

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water table

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Lava that hardens into rough, jagged rocks with a crumbly or “blockY” texture is ___ lava.

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aa

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What deep-sea-fish living fossil was once thought to be the ancestor of the first amphibians?

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coelacanth

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What are crystalline substances found naturally in the earth?

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minerals

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A fan-shaped deposit of sediments at the mouth of a river is a(n)

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delta

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The sudden appearance of life in the fossil record is called the

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Cambrian explosion

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Which australopithecine was known as “upright man”?

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Homo erectus

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sandy, gently sloping underwater plain near a continent

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continental shelf

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underwater mountain range

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mid-oceanic ridge

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one of the deep depressions in the earth’s surface where the oceans are contained

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ocean basin

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underwater mountain

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seamount

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beginning marked by shelf break
continental slope
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one of the huge, muddy valleys that cut through portions of the abyssal plain
trench
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large fissure in the continental shelf
submarine canyon
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a pool of shallow, salty water at the center of an atoll
lagoon
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a huge level region of the deep ocean floor
abyssal plain
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rhythmic back-and-forth motions of water that transfer energy are called
waves
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crystals are generally characterized by many flat surfaces called
faces
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oceanographers collect water samples from the ocean depths using ___ bottles
Niskin
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the process in which wind lifts particles for short distances then drops them abruptly
saltation
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movements of ocean water caused primarily by the moon are called
tides
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the study of the earth
geology
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the revolutionary submersible design invented by Auguste Piccard
bathyscaphe
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Gentle, rolling waves that appear even in calm weather
ocean swells
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seventy-sigh percent of the salt in the ocean is
sodium chloride
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The region where cold, deep water meets sun-warmed surface water is the
thermocline
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the earth's rotation causes surface currents to move in circular paths called
gyres
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a ___ is a device with an open tube that is dropped to the sea floor, allowing its weight to puncture the sediment
gravity corer
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huge chunks of floating glacial ice
icebergs
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the process that breaks rocks down into soil
weathering
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the study of fossils
paleontology
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when water from heavy waves rapidly flows away from the shore through a gap in a sandbar, the water forms a(n)
rip current
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regions of the earth's surface where limestone is exposed and abundant are
karst regions
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the deepest regions of the sea, with depths greater than 6000 meters (19,690 feet) are in the ___ zone
hadal
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one idea that attempts to reconcile the Bible and evolution
theistic evolution
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the deepest known point in the sea
Challenger Deep (or Marianas Trench)
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a mineral test that leaves a line of powder on a plate
streak test
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the most abundant element in the earth's crust
oxygen
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a low hill formed when a glacier overruns a moraine
drumlin
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when two rock layers are pushed violently together, causing the layers to buckle, ___ mountains form.
folded
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the red variety of corundum
ruby
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what device uses sound waves to detect underwater objects?
sonar
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What is a warm surface current that flows in the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator?
Gulf Stream
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What are large almond- or teardrop-shaped pieces of ejecta formed when lava solidifies?
volcanic bomb
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halfway between the spring tides are weaker-than-normal tides called
neap tides
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what type of fold occurs when rocks buckle upward
anticline
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what hypothetical time scale supposedly charts both the earth's history and the sequence of the rock layers in the earth's crust
geologic column
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emerald and aquamarine are two forms of what mineral
beryl
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the amount of dissolved salt in seawater
salinity
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a theory that has never been proven false
law
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what is a winding, looping curve in a river on flat ground
meander
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what type of mountain is formed when molten rock collects beneath an overlying rock layer, forcing the layer upward into a blister like structure
domed
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What theory states that the earth's crust and upper mantle consist of huge plates slowly drifting as a result of convection currents in the mantle?
plate tectonics
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the daily or twice-daily period when the ocean levels are at their highest point
neap tide
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the false belief that all geological processes have always proceeded t the same rate
uniformitarianism
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metal more valuable than gold or silver
platinum
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what scale do chemists use to express acidity and basicity of substances
pH
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the study of the earth's oceans
oceanography
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percent of the earth's surface covered by water
70%
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the term for an upward-flowing current
upwelling
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the scientific term for water pressure
hydrostatic pressure
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what does scuba stand for
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
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the substance that makes up the physical world
matter
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device serves as a framework for many water collection bottles, allowing oceanographers to collect water from different depths
rosette
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the point on the earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
epicenter
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the highest point of a wave
crest
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popularized evolution with his book On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin

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