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1. An unconformity is a ____ in the geologic record resulting in the removal of rocks by erosion.
6. The name for ancient North America.
9. A type of plate boundary where two plates pull apart.
11. A belt of volcanic islands (e.g. Japanese Islands) formed where two plates converge. (2 words)
14. A ___________ continental margin is where the edge of a continent lies along a plate boundary.
15. Physiographic ____________. A region characterized by a general uniformity of structure, rock type, climate and landscape.
16. Death Valley is located in the ______ and Range province.
18. A layer or sequence of sediments or sedimentary rocks deposited together in the same sedimentary environment.
21. The physical removal of weathered material, usually by runoff, streams, wind, waves, or glaciers.
25. The physical and chemical breakdown of rock by natural processes.
26. The rock formed on the surface of the earth where weathering, transportation, and depositional processes dominate.
28. abrev. billion years
29. A type of convergent boundary where oceanic crust sinks beneath the over-riding plate and descends into the earth's interior is called a ____________ zone.
30. General term for a mountain building event resulting from the collision of tectonic plates.
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2. 4.6 billion years describes the ____ of the earth.
3. Having to do with the ocean or ocean environment.
4. The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is composed of numerous plates that move about its surface. (2 words)
5. _________ is the dominant geologic agent in an eolian environment.
7. Geologists use ___________ to correlate rocks found in different regions.
8. The laws of superposition and cross-cutting relationships are used to __________ age date a sequence of rocks or events.
10. An ancient supercontinent that formed around 1.6 billion years ago.
12. The recurring tranformation of one rock type into another resulting from weathering and cementation, increased pressure, or melting and cooling. (2 words)
13. The kind of rock that would form under the intense heat and pressure experience along a zone of plate collision.
17. Thermal _________. Hotspot volcanoes are formed over these.
19. The most recent supercontinent. Its name means "all-earth."
20. Any rock formed by the cooling of lava or magma.
22. The most important agent of weathering and erosion.
23. The long term pattern of precipitation and temperature experienced by a region.
24. _____ wedging. Shattering of rocks by freezing of water.
27. The largest subdivision of geologic time.
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