E/D/Water
another name for a curve in a stream or river
What is a meander?
this is the cause of all physical properties of minerals
What is the arrangement of atoms?
age of the planet written as a whole standard number
What is 4,600,000,000 yrs?
Insolation means this three word concept
What is Incoming Solar Radiation ?
Classification of the the star Betelgeuse
What is a red supergiant star ?
a cirque is an erosion feature of this agent of erosion
What is a glacier?
these two properties best help distinguish Calcite from Quartz?
What is Hardness ? What is acid reaction ? What is cleavage/fracture ?
this is the official NYS fossil
What are Euripterus remipes?
this surface location parameter determines the noon angle of Insolation on a given day
What is latitude ?
a moon phase when Neap Tides occur
What is a first or third quarter Moon?
a factor in stream competence other than velocity
What is channel characteristics or gradient or bedrock type or ?
rock AND pluton name of a dark crystalline intrusion that cross-cuts the older rock
what is a gabbro dike ?
this plate subducts under the North America plate around 50N, 125W
what is the Juan de Fuca plate ?
this wavelength category of light is often called heat
What is infrared light ?
the reason Sirius appears brighter than Rigel even though it is thousands of times less luminous
What is its is closer to us ?
term that refers to an outflow of groundwater from the a surface location above the main water table
What is a spring?
this scientist developed the mineral Hardness scale
Who Mohs ?
these two characteristics of a fossil make it an INDEX FOSSIL
What is widespread geographically and short-lived geologically ?
Longitude where, at midnight, each Earth day ends and another begins
What is 180 degrees or the International Date Line ?
a light year
What is the distance light travels in a year ?
What is a unit equal to 9 trillion km ?
this is calculated by multiplying the profile area of a stream times the velocity
What is the discharge rate?
this is how a Porphyritic texture forms in rock
What is partial slow cooling followed by rapid cooling and solidification ?
age of Adirondack Mountains (Mountain landscape, not the metamorphic bedrock)
what is approximately 150 million years?
this is the time on a ship located at 40N, 60W when it is 2PM in London, England.
What is 10AM ?
this element is temporarily formed when Hydrogen fuses in the core of stars
What is Helium ?