1.
Geology is a field-based science we tend to focus on empirical studies using the _______
2.
The idea that the physical and chemical processes that operate on Earth today behaved the same way in the past
3.
A ______ has a chemical composition defined by a specific chemical formula
4.
______ rocks are generated at various depths below the surface/born under heat and pressure
5.
The collection of processes by which rocks are broken down on the Earth's surface
6.
Rocks that have undergone solid-state alteration/change of pre-existing rocks
7.
Rocks are created from sediments that are lithified together
8.
Silica-poor mafic magmas that produce the basalt of the ocean floors have _______
9.
Most earthquakes occur along pre-existing _____
10.
The study of earthquakes and seismic shock waves they produce
11.
The vertical distance between high tide and low tide
12.
Energy stored in chemical bonds of ancient organic life
13.
______ refers to the total mass of all the organisms living on the earth
14.
Something that provides natural stabilization for a too-steep slope
15.
Boundaries between air masses are called ______
16.
Climate _______ are processes that amplify or reduce climatic trends, toward either warming or cooling
17.
The world's largest carbon sequestration plant is now operating in ______
