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Which word means "An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water"?
Answer: aquifer
Which word means "A hard, compact mass of matter formed by the accumulation of minerals"?
Answer: concretion
Which word means "A body of intrusive igneous rock formed beneath the surface"?
Answer: pluton
Which word means "The bending of rock layers due to tectonic forces"?
Answer: folding
Which word means "A destructive mudflow on a volcano slope"?
Answer: lahar
Which word means "The gradual sinking of an area of land"?
Answer: subsidence
Which word means "The forcing of magma into existing rock formations"?
Answer: intrusion
Which word means "The fine-grained material in which fossils or crystals are embedded"?
Answer: matrix
aquifer
An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
concretion
A hard, compact mass of matter formed by the accumulation of minerals
pluton
A body of intrusive igneous rock formed beneath the surface
folding
The bending of rock layers due to tectonic forces
lahar
A destructive mudflow on a volcano slope
subsidence
The gradual sinking of an area of land
intrusion
The forcing of magma into existing rock formations
matrix
The fine-grained material in which fossils or crystals are embedded
igneous
Relating to rock formed by the solidification of magma
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Master C2-level vocabulary related to underground & formation. Highly precise, academic mastery. Includes 9 multiple choice questions. 9 vocabulary words...
Which word means "An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water"?
Which word means "A hard, compact mass of matter formed by the accumulation of minerals"?
Which word means "A body of intrusive igneous rock formed beneath the surface"?
Which word means "The bending of rock layers due to tectonic forces"?
Which word means "A destructive mudflow on a volcano slope"?
Which word means "The gradual sinking of an area of land"?
Which word means "The forcing of magma into existing rock formations"?
Which word means "The fine-grained material in which fossils or crystals are embedded"?
Which word means "Relating to rock formed by the solidification of magma"?
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