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Academic Vocabulary (Earth Science)

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  • The sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs has baffled _______ for many years.
    clinicians
    scientists
    opponents
    analysts
  • In the rainy season this valley becomes a sea, ______ by the discharge of the Khanega.
    discovered
    supplied
    surfaced
    flooded
  • The ____ is very fertile, and many of the inhabitants have acquired much wealth from the cultivation of rice.
    soil
    seawater
    flooded
    surface
  • The amount of ______ is dependent on the extent of the daytime cloud cover.
    sunlight
    seawater
    interest
    surface
  • His self-infection was in the _______ of science.
    optimistic
    wind
    interest
    equipment
  • An _____ is a small animal that has six legs. Most insects have wings.
    arthropod
    fly
    bug
    insect
  • Tanks were deployed ______ during the long campaign.
    interestingly
    constantly
    extremely
    effectively
  • The _______ once covering 26,000 square miles vanishes into desert.
    biospheres
    seawater
    soil
    desalination
  • The ________ plant was to be funded by raising water rates to achieve full cost recovery.
    large-scale
    extreme
    seawater
    desalination
  • 97% of all the water on the Earth's ______ is salt.
    flooded
    surface
    soil
    equipment
  • Two species of blind fish, of ______ scientific interest, are found in the caves of the island.
    effectively
    optimistic
    constant
    extreme
  • A _______ study of the benefits of dark chocolate would require many people and lots of time.
    discovered
    constant
    effectively
    large-scale
  • In science, minor changes can make a vast difference in an experiment's outcome, so experimental ________are important.
    equipments
    constants
    surfaces
    supplies
  • Science has _________ that there are five types of human beings.
    discovered
    generated
    observed
    flooded
  • All of the ecosystems in the world make up the ________.
    desalination
    biosphere
    seawater
    method
  • In two campaigns, distinguished by rapidity of movement, he met and defeated his ________ in six battles.
    opponents
    advantages
    equipments
    supplies
  • The solar _____ is a stream of protons and other sub-atomic particles emitted by the sun.
    flood
    wind
    surface
    sun
  • Computer based sequencers have several _______ over their hardware-based counterparts.
    equipments
    scientists
    advantages
    opponents
  • One example of scientific _______ is the fact that the earth rotates on its axis as it revolves around the sun.
    supply
    knowledge
    equipment
    method
  • The school needs new laboratory ________.
    surface
    equipment
    knowledge
    supply
  • The modern scientific ______ is usually attributed to Galileo.
    knowledge
    supply
    surface
    method
  • We have a plentiful _____ of water.
    advantages
    desalination
    supply
    equipment
  • Aristotle was _______ of great achievements over the whole range of the sciences.
    optimistic
    interesting
    extreme
    effective