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Reefs & Karst Topography: Dry Tortugas & Guadalupe Mountains, Quizzes of Geology

Definitions and terms related to the location and composition of coral reefs, particularly those in the dry tortugas. It also covers the geology of karst topography, focusing on the guadalupe mountains. Topics include the types of corals and sediments found in the dry tortugas, the formation of reefs and mountains, and the impact of water on these formations.

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2012/2013

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TERM 1
1. Reefs are generally located
today
DEFINITION 1
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.
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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