SOIL
Organic material in soil is called
humus
A high ridge that separates two rivers systems in a ?
drainage divide
What is geology?
the study of the earth
vaporous fossil fuel?
natural gas
T OR F-Rock changed in form by heat and pressure is metamorphic rock?
TRUE
A thick ice sheet that slowly moves under its own weight is a?
glacier
A body of water where the river meets the ocean is called ?
estuary
What is the hydrosphere?
all water on earth, whether liquid, solid, or gas
Thick, dark liquid called crude oil?
petroleum
T OR F- A large stream that moves through the ocean is a surface current?
F- ocean
The remains or impression of living things, usually preserved in sedimentary rock is a?
fossil
underwater plains that border the continents are called continental ?
shelf
3 layers of the earth?
crust, mantle, core
types of mountains?
folded, fault block, domed, and volcanic
T OR F -The process in which sediments are transported along the coast with the current is longshore drift
True
Mineral containing metal?
ore
An underwater valley where the oceanic crust seems to be separating is a ?
rift
Use of plant and animal products to create alternative fuel?
biofuel
The theory that crustal plate activity can cause geological events and processes is ?
plate tectonics
T or F-An island parallel to the mainlands shore is an estuary island?
F- Barrier
Sedimentary rock formed from the remains of living things instead of minerals?
coal
enormous wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor?
tsunami
What causes neap tide to be weak?
the gravitational forces of the sun and moon that work at right angles against eachother
the type of rock formed from magma or lava is ?
igneous rock
T OR F- A low area of land near the coast that floods with the tide is a sandbar?
salt marsh