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1. Reefs are generally located
today
1. at the edge of continental shelves where there is upwelling
ocean currents.
TERM 2
2. The dominate coral types in the Dry
Tortugas are
DEFINITION 2
brain, staghorn, elkhorn
TERM 3
3. IN the Dry Tortugas, __ is the most
abundant biogenic sediment grain.
DEFINITION 3
Halimeda algae
TERM 4
4. The material in a stream that is
transported by rolling an sliding along the
river bed is the
DEFINITION 4
bed load.
TERM 5
5. Carbonates and halides (salts) of all types
are commonly associated with regions of:
DEFINITION 5
tectonic stability and tropical climates.
6. The fine sediment carried in the water is:
the suspended load.
TERM 7
7. ___ are sand-size particles produced by
precipitation of calcium carbonate.
DEFINITION 7
Oolids
TERM 8
8. "Dry" Tortugas was named because there
is/are ___
DEFINITION 8
no drinking water on islands.
TERM 9
9. Fort Jefferson was never completed due
____
DEFINITION 9
to invention of the rifled cannon.
TERM 10
10. Fort Jefferson is located on
___
DEFINITION 10
Garden Key.
16. The Guadalupe reef complex was formed
in ____time.
Permian
TERM 17
17. _____ are planktonic organisms found as
fossils in the Guadalupe Mts.
DEFINITION 17
Fusilinids
TERM 18
18. Guadalupe Mts portion of the reef
complex is located in the ________ basin.
DEFINITION 18
Delaware
TERM 19
19. ___ is area above the water table were
soil, sediment and rock and not water-
saturated.
DEFINITION 19
Zone of aeration
TERM 20
20. The water table is _______
DEFINITION 20
boundary between unsaturated and saturated zones.
21.__is the downward movement of surface
water into rock or soil through cracks and
pore spaces.
Infiltration
TERM 22
22. ____ is level in which pores of soil or rock
are completely filled with water.
DEFINITION 22
Saturated zone
TERM 23
23. _____ is the slope of the water table.
DEFINITION 23
Hydraulic gradient
TERM 24
24. Karst
topography
DEFINITION 24
are areas underlain by limestone in which the surface
consists of numerous depressions called sinkholes.
TERM 25
25. ___are colonies of single-celled
extremophilic bacteria hanging from ceiling.
DEFINITION 25
Snottites
31. Prior to being part of the national park,
_____ was an active guano mine.
Slaughter Canyon Cave
TERM 32
32. Land area that contributes water to a
river system is a __.
DEFINITION 32
drainage basin.
TERM 33
33. Flowstone
DEFINITION 33
is a type of speleothem that forms where calcium-
carbonate-rich water trickles down the walls of a cavern
TERM 34
34. As water flows through a meander, ___.
DEFINITION 34
erosion occurs on the outside bend, deposition in the
inside bend.
TERM 35
35. __is the flat, low-lying portion of a stream
valley subjected to periodic inundation.
DEFINITION 35
Floodplain
36. __ is responsible for most of erosional
work in deserts.
Running water
TERM 37
37. __ is a layer or coarse pebbles and gravel
created when wind removes finer material.
DEFINITION 37
Desert pavement.
TERM 38
38. Loess
DEFINITION 38
is a deposit of windblown silt, lacking visible layering,
from desert and glacial sources.
TERM 39
39. A dune
DEFINITION 39
is a large hill or ridge of wind-deposited sand.
TERM 40
40. The oldest rock in the Grand Canyon are
the Precambrian is
DEFINITION 40
Vishnu Schist.
46. 2 Million
Years
Downward cutting by the Colorado River to form the
Grand Canyon occurred mostly within last
