Barnett SOL Review 2 - geology
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| Cenozoic | the major life forms in this geologic era are mammals (humans live in this era)
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| Mesozoic | the major life forms of this geologic era are reptiles and dinosaurs
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| watershed | land area drained by a stream system; we are in the Roanoke River ____________
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| sedimentary | the only rock type that contains fossils; made of broken pieces of other rock
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| sedimentary | rock type associated with the following; cementation, compaction, weathering, erosion, deposition
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| aquifer | any underground layer that lets water pass through it
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| three | this is the number of seismic measuring stations required to find the epicenter of an earthquake
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| Paleozoic | this geologic era marks the time when animals started developing shells and bones
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| geologic | the ___________ time scale is divided according to major life forms and changes in life forms
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| karst | area that contains caves and sinkholes and has limestone bedrock
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| igneous | rock type that forms from cooling magma or lava; intrusive or extrusive
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| Precambrian | first geologic era when very simple life forms like bacteria and algae existed
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| transform | boundary where tectonic plates are sliding past one another; creates faults and earthquakes
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| mineral | a solid, naturally occuring, inorganic substance whose atoms form crystals and has a definite chemical composition
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| divergent | plate boundary where plates are moving apart; creates mid-ocean ridges, new crust, and rift valleys
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| fossil fuel | fuel formed from the remains of once-living organisms; nonrenewable; gas, oil, and coal
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| coastal plains | one of Virginia's physiographic provinces near the shore that has lots of loose sediment and sedimentary rock, and wetlands
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| piedmont | this is Virginia's largest physiographic province
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| water table | boundary between the zone of saturation and zone of aeration; wells must be drilled below this
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| humus | decaying organic material found in the top layer of soil
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| convergent | boundary where tectonic plates are colliding; creates deep-sea trenches and volcanoes on the ocean floor and mountain ranges on land
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