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Word Bank For Identification
Word Bank For Identification
1. Deposition - is when material that is being transported is dropped by constructive waves. It happens
because waves have less energy.
2. Fetch - describe how long and how far the wind acted on the water.
3. Tsunamis - a series of enormous ocean waves caused by earthquakes, underwater landslides, volcanic
eruptions, or asteroids.
4. Erosion - the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural
forces such as wind or water.
5. Lithosphere - includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
6. Magma - is molten rock below the surface
8. Subduction zone - The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back
into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
9. Shale - is a sedimentary rock. Heat and pressure underground change the minerals in the shale. It
becomes a slate a metamorphic rock.
10. Trench - transforms link two segments of a destructive plate boundary.
11. Faults - fracture surface in rock across.
12. Shock waves - in the air are heard as a loud "crack" or "snap" noise.
13. Catastrophism - a previous theory that argued a change came through sudden upheavals.
- is the principle that states that all geologic change occurs suddenly
14. Clastic sedimentary rock - Inorganic rock and mineral fragment
15. Limestone - composed principally of calcium carbonate (calcite)
Priscoan Eon (Hadean)- earliest known rocks on Earth, 4.3 billions years old, Northwest Territories,
Canada.
Dextral - type of fault along which two blocks of rocks are displaced to the right relative to each other
Paleozoic Era - means “ancient life”. Began about 540 million years ago
Luster - is a property that describes how a mineral reflects light. (minerals)
Hadean - describes the hellish conditions then prevailing on Earth
3. Climate change
- Climate change refers to the change in the environmental conditions of the earth. This happens due to
many internal and external factors. Climatic change has become a global concern over the last few
decades. Besides, these climatic changes affect life on the earth in various ways.