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ES: 1-6 Part 5
ES Ch. 1-6 Part 5
Question or Term | Answer or Definition |
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What type of fold occurs when rocks buckle upward | Anticline |
What are large almond or teardrop shaped pieces of ejecta formed when lava solidifies | Volcanic bomb |
In the continental margin this part begins with by a shelf break | Continental slope |
A pool of shallow, salty water at the center of an atoll | Lagoon |
The flat surfaces located on a crystal | Faces |
78% of the salt in the ocean is __?__ | Sodium Chloride |
What hypothetical time scale charts both the earth's history and contains a sequence of the rock layers in the earth's crust | Geologic column |
What device uses sound waves to detect underwater objects | Sonar |
A huge, muddy valley that cuts through portions of the abyssal plain | Trench |
Movement of the ocean's waters caused primarily by the moon | Tides |