Earth Science
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1. A Hawaiian term for a lava flow that has a rough & jagged surface.

2. A glaciated valley now flooded by the sea.

3. A wall built out from the shore & usually at perpendicular to it to trap sand carried by longshore currents .

4. Sediments produced directly by the life processes of plants or animals.

5. An era of time during the Phanerozoic eon lasting from 245 million years ago to 66.4 million ago.

6. A chuck of rock or dust in space.

7. A period of dryness & that when prolonged & causes damage to crops; a shortage of water.

8. A slide involving a downward and usually sudden movement of newly detached segments of bedrock sliding or slipping over an inclined surface of weakness such as a bedding plane & fault plane & or joint surface.

9. In a stream & the volume of water passing through a channel in a given time.

10. The dust-sized & sharp-edged & glassy particles resulting from an explosive volcanic eruption.

11. A time of unusual winds and currents in the Pacific Ocean . El Nino generally causes warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures and increased rainfall and storm activity.

12. Long narrow beaches separated in many places from the mainland by lagoons.