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- LAa~TEXT8160
- Absolute age~TEXT8160
- Absolute zero~TEXT8160
- Acid rain~TEXT8160
- Adhesion~TEXT8160
- Adiabatic lapse rate~TEXT8160
- Adiabatic temperature change~TEXT8160
- Aerobic bacteria~TEXT8160
- Air~TEXT8160
- Air mass~TEXT8160
- Air pressure~TEXT8160
- Albedo~TEXT8160
- Alluvial fan~TEXT8160
- Alpha decay~TEXT8160
- Alpha particle~TEXT8160
- Alpine glaciation~TEXT8160
- Altitude of stars~TEXT8160
- Amplitude of earthquake~TEXT8160
- Anaerobic bacteria~TEXT8160
- Andromeda galaxy, or M31~TEXT8160
- Anemometer~TEXT8160
- Aneroid barometer~TEXT8160
- Angle of repose~TEXT8160
- Annual motion of stars~TEXT8160
- Annular drainage~TEXT8160
- Antarctic circle~TEXT8160
- Anthracite~TEXT8160
- Anticline~TEXT8160
- Anticyclone~TEXT8160
- Aphelion~TEXT8160
- Apogee~TEXT8160
- Apollo program~TEXT8160
- Apparent motion~TEXT8160
- Aquifer~TEXT8160
- Arctic circle~TEXT8160
- Arete~TEXT8160
- Arroyo~TEXT8160
- Artesian well~TEXT8160
- Asteroid, or planetoid or minor planet~TEXT8160
- Asthenosphere~TEXT8160
- Astrology~TEXT8160
- Astronomical unit (AU)~TEXT8160
- Atmosphere~TEXT8160
- Atmospheric pressure~TEXT8160
- Atoll~TEXT8160
- Aurora~TEXT8160
- Avalanche~TEXT8160
- Azimuth~TEXT8160
- Bailey's beads~TEXT8160
- Barnard's star~TEXT8160
- Barometer~TEXT8160
- Barycenter~TEXT8160
- Basalt~TEXT8160
- Basalt-eclogite hypothesis~TEXT8160
- Base level~TEXT8160
- Basin and Range Province~TEXT8160
- Batholith~TEXT8160
- Bathyscaph~TEXT8160
- Beaufort scale~TEXT8160
- Bedrock~TEXT8160
- Beta decay~TEXT8160
- Beta particle~TEXT8160
- Big bang~TEXT8160
- Big crunch~TEXT8160
- Binary star~TEXT8160
- Bituminous coal~TEXT8160
- Black dwarf~TEXT8160
- Black hole~TEXT8160
- Bode's law~TEXT8160
- Butte~TEXT8160
- Calcite~TEXT8160
- Caldera~TEXT8160
- Calendar~TEXT8160
- Calorie~TEXT8160
- Capillary action~TEXT8160
- Capillary fringe~TEXT8160
- Caprock~TEXT8160
- Carbon dioxide~TEXT8160
- Carbon-14 dating~TEXT8160
- Carbonation~TEXT8160
- Celestial equator~TEXT8160
- Celestial sphere~TEXT8160
- Celsius scale~TEXT8160
- Centrifugal force~TEXT8160
- Centripetal force~TEXT8160
- Cepheid variable~TEXT8160
- Ceres~TEXT8160
- Chalk~TEXT8160
- Chemical compound~TEXT8160
- Chemical sedimentary rock~TEXT8160
- Chemical weathering~TEXT8160
- Chinook~TEXT8160
- Chromosphere~TEXT8160
- Cinder cone~TEXT8160
- Circumstellar dust~TEXT8160
- Cirque~TEXT8160
- Cirque-and-horn topography~TEXT8160
- Cirrus~TEXT8160
- Clastic sedimentary rocks~TEXT8160
- Cleavage~TEXT8160
- Climate~TEXT8160
- Clouds~TEXT8160
- Cluster of galaxies~TEXT8160
- Cluster variable~TEXT8160
- Coal~TEXT8160
- Cohesion~TEXT8160
- Cold cloud~TEXT8160
- Cold front~TEXT8160
- Color Index~TEXT8160
- Comet~TEXT8160
- Compaction~TEXT8160
- Compressional wave~TEXT8160
- Condensation~TEXT8160
- Conduction~TEXT8160
- Conglomerate~TEXT8160
- Constellation~TEXT8160
- Constructional forces~TEXT8160
- Contact~TEXT8160
- Contact metamorphism~TEXT8160
- Continental accretion~TEXT8160
- Continental divide~TEXT8160
- Continental drift~TEXT8160
- Continental glacier~TEXT8160
- Continental growth~TEXT8160
- Continental shelf~TEXT8160
- Continental shield~TEXT8160
- Continental slope~TEXT8160
- Contour interval~TEXT8160
- Contour lines~TEXT8160
- Contour map~TEXT8160
- Convection~TEXT8160
- Convection cell~TEXT8160
- Convergence zone~TEXT8160
- Copernicus, Nicholaus (1473-l543)~TEXT8160
- Coquina~TEXT8160
- Coral reef~TEXT8160
- Core~TEXT8160
- Coriolis effect~TEXT8160
- Corona~TEXT8160
- Coronagraph~TEXT8160
- Cosmic background radiation~TEXT8160
- Cosmological principle~TEXT8160
- Crab nebula~TEXT8160
- Craton~TEXT8160
- Cretaceous period~TEXT8160
- Crust~TEXT8160
- Crystal~TEXT8160
- Cumulus~TEXT8160
- Cyclone~TEXT8160
- Dark matter~TEXT8160
- Dark nebula~TEXT8160
- Declination~TEXT8160
- Deficit~TEXT8160
- Deformation~TEXT8160
- Degenerate matter~TEXT8160
- Delta~TEXT8160
- Dendritic drainage~TEXT8160
- Density~TEXT8160
- Density current~TEXT8160
- Deposition~TEXT8160
- Depression~TEXT8160
- Destructional forces~TEXT8160
- Deuterium~TEXT8160
- Dew point~TEXT8160
- Dike~TEXT8160
- Dinosaurs~TEXT8160
- Dip~TEXT8160
- Discontinuity~TEXT8160
- Divergence zone~TEXT8160
- Divide~TEXT8160
- Dolomite~TEXT8160
- Doppler effect~TEXT8160
- Double star~TEXT8160
- Draconid shower~TEXT8160
- Drainage basin~TEXT8160
- Drainage density~TEXT8160
- Drainage divide~TEXT8160
- Drainage pattern~TEXT8160
- Drumlin~TEXT8160
- Dry-bulb thermometer~TEXT8160
- Dynamic equilibrium~TEXT8160
- Earth~TEXT8160
- Earth's interior~TEXT8160
- Earthquake~TEXT8160
- Earthquake waves~TEXT8160
- Earthshine~TEXT8160
- Eccentricity~TEXT8160
- Eclipse~TEXT8160
- Ecliptic~TEXT8160
- Eclogite~TEXT8160
- Einstein telescope~TEXT8160
- El nino~TEXT8160
- Electromagnetic energy~TEXT8160
- Electromagnetic waves~TEXT8160
- Electron~TEXT8160
- Element~TEXT8160
- Ellipse~TEXT8160
- Emergent shoreline~TEXT8160
- Emission nebula~TEXT8160
- Energy~TEXT8160
- Energy-mass equivalence~TEXT8160
- Entrenched meanders~TEXT8160
- Epicenter~TEXT8160
- Epicycles~TEXT8160
- Epoch~TEXT8160
- Equator~TEXT8160
- Equatorial countercurrent~TEXT8160
- Equilibrium~TEXT8160
- Equinox~TEXT8160
- Era~TEXT8160
- Erosion~TEXT8160
- Erratic boulder~TEXT8160
- Escape velocity~TEXT8160
- Escarpment~TEXT8160
- Esker~TEXT8160
- Estuary~TEXT8160
- Eutrophication~TEXT8160
- Evaporation~TEXT8160
- Evaporite~TEXT8160
- Evapotranspiration~TEXT8160
- Event horizon~TEXT8160
- Evolution~TEXT8160
- Exfoliation~TEXT8160
- Expanding universe~TEXT8160
- Extinction~TEXT8160
- Extrusion~TEXT8160
- Extrusive rock~TEXT8160
- Fahrenheit scale~TEXT8160
- Fault~TEXT8160
- Fault-block mountain~TEXT8160
- Feldspar~TEXT8160
- Fiord~TEXT8160
- Fireball~TEXT8160
- Floodplain~TEXT8160
- Focus of earthquake~TEXT8160
- Folded mountain~TEXT8160
- Fossil~TEXT8160
- Foucault pendulum~TEXT8160
- Fracture of minerals~TEXT8160
- Fraunhofer lines~TEXT8160
- Fringing reef~TEXT8160
- Front~TEXT8160
- Frost action~TEXT8160
- Gabbro~TEXT8160
- Galaxy~TEXT8160
- Galilean satellites~TEXT8160
- Galileo (spacecraft)~TEXT8160
- Galileo Galilei~TEXT8160
- Gamma radiation~TEXT8160
- Gegenschein~TEXT8160
- Geocentric model~TEXT8160
- Geologic column~TEXT8160
- Geologic time scale~TEXT8160
- Geosyncline~TEXT8160
- Geothermal energy~TEXT8160
- Geyser~TEXT8160
- Giant~TEXT8160
- Glacial age~TEXT8160
- Glacial deposits~TEXT8160
- Glacial trough~TEXT8160
- Glaciated landscape~TEXT8160
- Glacier~TEXT8160
- Globular cluster~TEXT8160
- Gneiss~TEXT8160
- Graben~TEXT8160
- Graded bedding~TEXT8160
- Graded stream~TEXT8160
- Granite~TEXT8160
- Gravitation~TEXT8160
- Gravitational erosion~TEXT8160
- Gravitational lens~TEXT8160
- Gravitational potential energy~TEXT8160
- Great Barrier Reef~TEXT8160
- Great Rift Valley~TEXT8160
- Greenhouse effect~TEXT8160
- Greenwich time~TEXT8160
- Ground moraine~TEXT8160
- Groundwater~TEXT8160
- Gulf Stream~TEXT8160
- Gypsum~TEXT8160
- H-R diagram (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)~TEXT8160
- Hail~TEXT8160
- Half-life~TEXT8160
- Halite~TEXT8160
- Hanging valley~TEXT8160
- Hardness~TEXT8160
- Heat~TEXT8160
- Heliocentric model~TEXT8160
- Helium~TEXT8160
- Hematite~TEXT8160
- High-pressure system, or anticyclone~TEXT8160
- Hillside creep~TEXT8160
- Horn~TEXT8160
- Horoscope~TEXT8160
- Horst~TEXT8160
- Hot spot~TEXT8160
- Hubble constant~TEXT8160
- Hubble law~TEXT8160
- Humboldt Current, or Peru Current~TEXT8160
- Humidity~TEXT8160
- Humus~TEXT8160
- Hurricane, or typhoon~TEXT8160
- Hydrogen~TEXT8160
- Hydrosphere~TEXT8160
- Hygrometer~TEXT8160
- Ice age~TEXT8160
- Ice cap~TEXT8160
- Igneous rocks~TEXT8160
- Index fossil~TEXT8160
- Inertia~TEXT8160
- Infiltration~TEXT8160
- Infrared astronomy~TEXT8160
- Infrared rays~TEXT8160
- Insolation~TEXT8160
- Interferometry~TEXT8160
- Intermittent stream~TEXT8160
- International date line~TEXT8160
- Interplanetary dust~TEXT8160
- Interstellar medium~TEXT8160
- Intrusion~TEXT8160
- Intrusive rock~TEXT8160
- Ion~TEXT8160
- Ionization~TEXT8160
- Ionosphere~TEXT8160
- Island arc~TEXT8160
- Isobar~TEXT8160
- Isostasy~TEXT8160
- Isotherm~TEXT8160
- Isotope~TEXT8160
- Japan Current~TEXT8160
- Jet stream~TEXT8160
- Joint~TEXT8160
- Jupiter~TEXT8160
- Kame~TEXT8160
- Karst topography~TEXT8160
- Kelvin temperature~TEXT8160
- Kepler's laws~TEXT8160
- Kettle~TEXT8160
- Kinetic energy~TEXT8160
- Lagoon~TEXT8160
- Lake effect~TEXT8160
- Landscape~TEXT8160
- Landslide~TEXT8160
- Large Cloud of Magellan~TEXT8160
- Latent heat~TEXT8160
- Lateral moraine~TEXT8160
- Latitude~TEXT8160
- Lava~TEXT8160
- Leaching~TEXT8160
- Light~TEXT8160
- Light-year~TEXT8160
- Lightning~TEXT8160
- Lignite~TEXT8160
- Limestone~TEXT8160
- Lithosphere~TEXT8160
- Local group~TEXT8160
- Lodestone~TEXT8160
- Longitude~TEXT8160
- Longitudinal wave, or compressional wave~TEXT8160
- Longshore current~TEXT8160
- Low-pressure system, or cyclone~TEXT8160
- Luminosity~TEXT8160
- Lunar eclipse~TEXT8160
- Lunar orbiter~TEXT8160
- Luster~TEXT8160
- Mafic rock~TEXT8165
- Magellanic Clouds~TEXT8165
- Magma~TEXT8165
- Magnetic declination~TEXT8165
- Magnetic reversal~TEXT8165
- Magnetism of rocks~TEXT8165
- Magnetite, or lodestone~TEXT8165
- Magnitude~TEXT8165
- Main sequence~TEXT8165
- Mantle~TEXT8165
- Marble~TEXT8165
- Mariana trench~TEXT8165
- Maritime climate~TEXT8165
- Mars~TEXT8165
- Mass wasting~TEXT8165
- Meander~TEXT8165
- Mercury~TEXT8165
- Mercury barometer~TEXT8165
- Meridian~TEXT8165
- Mesa~TEXT8165
- Metamorphic rocks~TEXT8165
- Meteor~TEXT8165
- Meteorite~TEXT8165
- Meteoroid~TEXT8165
- Midocean ridges~TEXT8165
- Milky Way~TEXT8165
- Milky Way galaxy~TEXT8165
- Millibar~TEXT8165
- Mineral~TEXT8165
- Moh scale~TEXT8165
- Moho~TEXT8165
- Monsoon~TEXT8165
- Moon~TEXT8165
- Moraine~TEXT8165
- Mountain building~TEXT8165
- Mountain range~TEXT8165
- Neap tide~TEXT8165
- Nebula~TEXT8165
- Neptune~TEXT8165
- Neutrino~TEXT8165
- Neutron~TEXT8165
- Neutron star~TEXT8165
- Newton's laws~TEXT8165
- Nimbus~TEXT8165
- Nitrogen~TEXT8165
- Noon~TEXT8165
- North magnetic pole~TEXT8165
- Nova~TEXT8165
- Nuclear fission~TEXT8165
- Nuclear fusion~TEXT8165
- Nucleus~TEXT8165
- Oblate spheroid~TEXT8165
- Obsidian~TEXT8165
- Ocean~TEXT8165
- Ocean currents~TEXT8165
- Ocean trench~TEXT8165
- Oort's Cloud~TEXT8165
- Orbit~TEXT8165
- Organic sedimentary rocks~TEXT8165
- Original horizontality~TEXT8165
- Orogeny~TEXT8165
- Orographic effect~TEXT8165
- Outcrop~TEXT8165
- Outwash plain~TEXT8165
- Oxbow lake~TEXT8165
- Oxidation~TEXT8165
- Ozone~TEXT8165
- Ozone layer~TEXT8165
- Pangaea~TEXT8165
- Parallel of latitude~TEXT8165
- Parsec~TEXT8165
- Partial pressure~TEXT8165
- Particle shape~TEXT8165
- Particle size~TEXT8165
- Peat~TEXT8165
- Peneplain~TEXT8165
- Perigee~TEXT8165
- Perihelion~TEXT8165
- Period~TEXT8165
- Permeability~TEXT8165
- Perseid~TEXT8165
- Peru Current~TEXT8165
- Phases of matter~TEXT8165
- Phases of the moon~TEXT8165
- Photon~TEXT8165
- Phylum~TEXT8165
- Physical weathering~TEXT8165
- Pillow lava~TEXT8165
- Plains~TEXT8165
- Planet~TEXT8165
- Planetary motion~TEXT8165
- Planetary nebula~TEXT8165
- Planetary winds~TEXT8165
- Planetoid~TEXT8165
- Plate tectonics~TEXT8165
- Plateau~TEXT8165
- Playa lake~TEXT8165
- Pluto~TEXT8165
- Polaris~TEXT8165
- Pollution~TEXT8165
- Porosity~TEXT8165
- Potential evapotranspiration~TEXT8165
- Precambrian~TEXT8165
- Precession~TEXT8165
- Precipitation~TEXT8165
- Pressure~TEXT8165
- Pressure gradient~TEXT8165
- Pressure systems~TEXT8165
- Pressure unloading~TEXT8165
- Primary waves or P waves~TEXT8165
- Prime meridian~TEXT8165
- Proper motion~TEXT8165
- Proton~TEXT8165
- Psychrometer~TEXT8165
- Pulsar~TEXT8165
- Pumice~TEXT8165
- Quartz~TEXT8165
- Quasar~TEXT8165
- Radar astronomy~TEXT8165
- Radial drainage~TEXT8165
- Radial velocity~TEXT8165
- Radiation~TEXT8165
- Radiation pressure~TEXT8165
- Radiative balance~TEXT8165
- Radio astronomy~TEXT8165
- Radio telescope~TEXT8165
- Radioactive dating~TEXT8165
- Radioactivity~TEXT8165
- Radiocarbon dating~TEXT8165
- Rain~TEXT8165
- Rain shadow~TEXT8165
- Raised beach~TEXT8165
- Recharge~TEXT8165
- Red Giant~TEXT8165
- Red Shift~TEXT8165
- Reflection nebula~TEXT8165
- Regelation~TEXT8165
- Relative age~TEXT8165
- Relative humidity~TEXT8165
- Relief~TEXT8165
- Residual sediment~TEXT8165
- Resolution~TEXT8165
- Retrograde motion~TEXT8165
- Rhyolite~TEXT8165
- Richter scale~TEXT8165
- Right ascension~TEXT8165
- Rock~TEXT8165
- Rock cycle~TEXT8165
- Rock-forming minerals~TEXT8165
- Runoff~TEXT8165
- Sandstone~TEXT8165
- Sargasso Sea~TEXT8165
- Saturation vapor pressure~TEXT8165
- Saturn~TEXT8165
- Schwartzchild radius~TEXT8165
- Scoria~TEXT8165
- Seafloor spreading~TEXT8165
- Seafloor topography~TEXT8165
- Seasons~TEXT8165
- Secondary waves, or S waves~TEXT8165
- Sedimentary rocks~TEXT8165
- Sedimentation~TEXT8165
- Seismic sea wave~TEXT8165
- Seismic waves~TEXT8165
- Seismograph~TEXT8165
- Seyfert galaxy~TEXT8165
- Shale~TEXT8165
- Shear waves~TEXT8165
- Shield volcano~TEXT8165
- Shooting star~TEXT8165
- Shoreline landscape~TEXT8165
- Sialic rock~TEXT8165
- Sidereal day~TEXT8165
- Sidereal year~TEXT8165
- Silicate minerals~TEXT8165
- Sill~TEXT8165
- Sinkhole~TEXT8165
- Soil~TEXT8165
- Solar constant~TEXT8165
- Solar day~TEXT8165
- Solar eclipse~TEXT8165
- Solar flare~TEXT8165
- Solar system~TEXT8165
- Solar wind~TEXT8165
- Solar year, or tropical year~TEXT8165
- Solstice~TEXT8165
- Source region~TEXT8165
- Specific gravity~TEXT8165
- Spectral class~TEXT8165
- Spectrograph~TEXT8165
- Spectroscope~TEXT8165
- Spectrum~TEXT8165
- Speed of light~TEXT8165
- Spring tide~TEXT8165
- Stalactite~TEXT8165
- Stalagmite~TEXT8165
- Star path~TEXT8165
- Station model~TEXT8165
- Stellar evolution~TEXT8165
- Stellar temperature~TEXT8165
- Storage~TEXT8165
- Strata~TEXT8165
- Stratus~TEXT8165
- Streak~TEXT8165
- Stream aging~TEXT8165
- Stream discharge~TEXT8165
- Stream erosion~TEXT8165
- Stream gradient~TEXT8165
- Stream pattern~TEXT8165
- Stream velocity~TEXT8165
- Strike~TEXT8165
- Subduction zone~TEXT8165
- Sublimation~TEXT8165
- Submarine canyon~TEXT8165
- Submergent shoreline~TEXT8165
- Subsurface water~TEXT8165
- Sun~TEXT8165
- Sunspots~TEXT8165
- Supernova~TEXT8165
- Surplus~TEXT8165
- Syncline~TEXT8165
- Talus~TEXT8165
- Tectonic forces~TEXT8165
- Tectonic plates~TEXT8165
- Temperate climate~TEXT8165
- Temperature~TEXT8165
- Tephra~TEXT8165
- Terminal moraine~TEXT8165
- Terrace~TEXT8165
- Thermometer~TEXT8165
- Thunder~TEXT8165
- Thunderhead~TEXT8165
- Thunderstorm~TEXT8165
- Tidal wave~TEXT8165
- Tides~TEXT8165
- Till~TEXT8165
- Time~TEXT8165
- Topographic map~TEXT8165
- Tornado~TEXT8165
- Transit~TEXT8165
- Transpiration~TEXT8165
- Transported sediment~TEXT8165
- Transverse wave~TEXT8165
- Trellis drainage~TEXT8165
- Trench~TEXT8165
- Tropic of Cancer~TEXT8165
- Tropic of Capricorn~TEXT8165
- Tropical storm~TEXT8165
- Tropical year~TEXT8165
- Tsunami~TEXT8165
- Turbidity current~TEXT8165
- Typhoon~TEXT8165
- Ultraviolet rays~TEXT8165
- Unconformity~TEXT8165
- Underground drainage~TEXT8165
- Uplift~TEXT8165
- Uranus~TEXT8165
- Urban heat island~TEXT8165
- Usage~TEXT8165
- Valley glacier~TEXT8165
- Van Allen layer~TEXT8165
- Vapor pressure~TEXT8165
- Vein~TEXT8165
- Venus~TEXT8165
- Vertical sorting~TEXT8165
- Volcanic ash~TEXT8165
- Volcanic glass~TEXT8165
- Volcanic neck~TEXT8165
- Volcano~TEXT8165
- Water budget~TEXT8165
- Water cycle~TEXT8165
- Water gap~TEXT8165
- Water supply~TEXT8165
- Water table~TEXT8165
- Wave deposits~TEXT8165
- Wave erosion~TEXT8165
- Wavelength~TEXT8165
- Weather map~TEXT8165
- Weathering~TEXT8165
- Wet-bulb thermometer~TEXT8165
- Wind~TEXT8165
- Wind deposits~TEXT8165
- Wind erosion~TEXT8165
- Wind vane~TEXT8165
- Wind velocity~TEXT8165
- Zeeman effect~TEXT8165
- Zenith~TEXT8165
- Zodiac~TEXT8165
- Zodiacal light~TEXT8165
- Zone of aeration~TEXT8165
- Zone of saturation~TEXT8165
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