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ES: 1-6 Part 3
ES Ch. 1-6 Part 3
Question or Term | Answer or Definition |
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Which type of weathering involves the breaking or peeling away of rock into layers | Exfoliation |
What is the narrow zone of active volcanoes that encircles the Pacific basin | Ring of Fire |
What is the false belief that all geological processes have always proceeded at the same rate | Uniformitarianism |
What is the highest point of a wave | Crest |
What device allows oceanographers to collect water from different depths | Rosette |
The sandy, gently sloping underwater plain near a continent | Continental Shlf |
What is the lowest point of a wave | Trough |
Oceanographers collect water samples from the ocean depths using __?__ bottles | Niskin |
Gentle, rolling waves that appear even in calm weather are __?__1 | Ocean swells |
Halfway between the spring tides are weaker-than-normal tides called __?__ tides | Neap |