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Geology Vocabulary Word Puzzle #2 — myVocabulary.com

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Directions:

To solve the Geology vocabulary word puzzle use the Latin root, the vocabulary definition, part of speech and the Geology word list. Put your answers INSIDE the word puzzle box and move down to the next vocabulary puzzle.

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Clue:

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Vocabulary Word List:

Geology vocabulary word list:
alluvial, cartographer, classified, continental, deposits, distance, eluvial, epoch, examination, exploration, fossil, geodesic, isobar, measurements, meridian, mineral, movements, oceanography, paleontologist, petrographer, petrify, physical, probe, prospecting, sedimentary, subterranean, tectonics

1) The highest point attained: an imaginary great circle on the earth’s surface passing through the north and south poles and any given place between (noun) Root DIA = day

2) The process of change in the earth’s crust that produces continents, ocean basins, plateaus, mountains, folds and faults (noun) Root TECT = builder, carpenter

3) A specialist in a science dealing with the life of past geological periods known esp. from fossil remains (noun) Root PALAE = old, ancient

4) Being, living or operating under the surface of the ground; existing or working in secret: hidden (adjective) Root TERRA = earth

5) A specialist in the making of maps (noun) Root CART = paper, page

6) A line drawn on a map connecting places with the same atmospheric pressure at a given time or period (noun) Root ISO = equal