Planet Earth MC

A place where water spout below the land surface

A place where a river is supplied by groundwater

A place where water flows naturally from rock onto the land surface

A place where an aquiclude is breached

All of the above

An impermeable rock/sediment

A porous rock/sediment through which water cannot move easily

A body of saturated rock/sediment through which water cannot move easily

A body of saturated rock/sediment through which water can move easily

All of the above

Rifting of a continent to form an ocean

Convergence of two continents and mountain formation

Formation of eratonic shields

Accretion of an exotic terrane

Huge broad vertical movements in mid-continents

Waves hitting the shoreline head-on

Waves hitting the shoreline obliquely

Wave undertow

Ocean surface swell

Waves breaking on the beach and returning via a rip current

An area covered with sand dunes

A hot sandy area with sparse vegetation

An area receiving <25 cm of precipitation per year

An area on the windward side of a mountain range

An area receiving <25 cm of rain per year

Broad, gently sloping depositional surface

Broad sedimentary deposit formed by coalescence of alluvial fans

Broad, gently sloping erosional surface

Broad, flat topped area elevated above the surroundings

None of the above

Hydraulic head = elevation + pressure

Velocity = permeability x hydraulic gradient

Potential = acceleration of gravity x hydraulic head

Hydraulic gradient = difference in head / distance

All of the above

A flat-lying, wave-deposited sediment platform

A strip of sediment extending from the low water mark to a cliff/permanent vegetation

A ridge of sediment that cuts a bay off from the sea

A fingerlike ridge of sediment extending out to sea

A bar of sediment connecting a former island to the mainland

Convection and hydrodynamic

Convection and hydrodynamic dispersion

Advection and hydrodynamic dispersion

Advection and hydrodynamic attraction

Advection and hydrodynamic turbulence

An elongate mound of till found at the edges of glaciers

A curved ridge of till along the front edge of glacial ice

A body of till shaped into a streamlined hill

A thin extensive layer of till

A long sinuous ridge of water-deposited sediment

Stream velocity

Stream discharge

Gradient

Channel shape and roughness

All of the above

With a potentiometer

With a hydrometer

With a hygrometer

With a tensiometer

With a flow meter

Horizontal movement of frozen material

Flow of water over permafrost

Flow of impermeable material over a water-saturated barrier

Flow of water-saturated debris over an impermeable barrier

Vertical movement of frozen material

Wind and rock type

Gravity and wind

Wind and rain

Snow and ice

Gravity and water

Strain

Shear

Stress

Tension

Compression

An asteroid impact

A decrease in volcanic activity

An abrupt rise in sea level

Changes in sunspot activity

Formation of the Siberian Traps LIP

Upwards

To the left

Obliquely

To the right

Downwards

Stratosphere- Troposphere - Thermosphere - Exosphere - Mesosphere

Troposphere - Thermosphere - Stratosphere - Exosphere - Mesosphere

Troposphere - Stratosphere - Mesosphere - Thermosphere - Exosphere

Troposphere - Stratosphere - Thermosphere - Exosphere - Mesosphere

Troposphere - Exosphere - Stratosphere - Thermosphere - Mesosphere

When a cold front undercuts a warm front

At zones of divergence

Because of the Coriolis Effect

When a warm front undercuts a cold front

At zones of convergence

Cumulus

Cirrostratus

Cumulonimbus

Stratus

Altocumulus

The high point of a wave

Vertical distance between crest and trough

Height difference between two adjacent wave crests

The stack of orbits

The height at which a wave becomes unstable

Wind suddenly drops

The water table

Bits of sediment get too big the deeper you go

The ground gets too hot

All of the above

Movement of chemicals within the rock cycle

Movement of chemicals within the hydrologic cycle

Movement of chemicals between the crust, ocean, and atmosphere

Movement of chemicals within biological systems

Movement of chemicals among living and non-living resevoirs

Forces that promote recharge of an aquifer

A measure of porosity

A measure of permeability

Forces that act against gravity

All of the above

It allowed Fe to oxidize and dissolve

It allowed ozone to form

It allowed NH3 to break up in the atmosphere

It allowed S to be removed from the atmosphere

It allowed Fe to oxidize and precipitate

The water table

The unsaturated area above the water table

An area where the aquifer is found

Another term for a perched water table

All of the above

Water and oxygen

Hydrogen and water

Water and ozone

Oxygen and ozone

Carbon and carbon dioxide

Movement of weathered regolith downhill

Movement of unweathered regolith + rocks downhill

Movement of weathered regolith + rocks downhill

Movement of weathered regolith + rocks uphill

Movement of unweathered regolith downhill

The processes of evaporation and precipitation

The processes of evaporation, precipitation, and percolation

The precesses of evaporation, transpiration, and run off

All processes affecting water distribution and transport

The processes of evaporation, precipitation, and run-off

The saltwater-freshwater interface is 30 x the height of the water table above sea-level

The saltwater-freshwater interface is 20 x the height of the water table above sea-level

The saltwater-freshwater interface is 60 x the height of the water table above sea-level

The saltwater-freshwater interface is 50 x the height of the water table above sea-level

The saltwater-freshwater interface is 40 x the height of the water table above sea-level

Amount of movement of the hanging wall

The angle of the fault plane

Amount of direction change during faulting

Amount of right-lateral movement

Amount of left-lateral movement

Closing of void spaces, elastic behavior, brittle failure

Closing of void spaces, plastic behavior, ductile failure

Closing of void spaces, plastic behavior, brittle failure

Closing of void spaces, elastic behavior, plastic behavior

Closing of void spaces, plastic behavior, elastic behavior

Shear stresses tend to resist failure

Normal stresses tend to cause failure

If shear strength exceeds shear stress, failure occurs

Shear stresses tend to strengthen the rock body

Normal stresses tend to resist failure

The area that rivers drain into

The total area drained by a network of rivers connecting to one main river

The pattern caused by rivers draining a given area

The area between two rivers

All of the above

A glacier reverses direction

Glacial wastage exceeds accumulation

Glacial wastage and accumulation are equal

All glacial movement ceases

Glacial accumulation exceeds wastage

To prevent deposition along a coast

To enhance the aesthetic value of a coast

To prevent storms

To inhibit longshore drift

None of the above

Ratio of the applied stress to the observed strain

Ratio of the modulus of elasticity to the confined compressive strength

Ratio of the modulus of elasticity to the unconfined tensile strength

Ratio of the modulus of elasticity to the confined tensile strength

Ratio of the modulus of elasticity to the unconfined compressive strength

Dissolution

Suspension

Sliding

Saltation

Rolling

Glaciation found exclusively in the Swiss Alps

The name given to the last ice age

The name given to all ice ages

Glaciation that covers a continent with an ice sheet

Glaciation found in the mountainous regions

A hanging valley

A cirque

A truncated spur

An esker

An arete

Folds with an overturned limb

Folds with parallel limbs

Folds with plunging hinge lines

Folds with angular apexes

Folds with horizontal hinge lines

The Plate Tectonic Cycle

The Supercontinent Cycle

The Rifting and Subduction Cycle

The Continental Cycle

The Continental Drift Cycle

Large pieces of weathered rock material found at the base of cliffs

Poorly sorted sediment deposited by mass wasting

A mixture of large rock fragments and solid rock

Sediment formed by mass wasting re-deposited by rivers

All of the above

Rock type

Height

Location

Size

All of the above