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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air - producing clouds and fog
Climate
Erosion and land use
Condensation
lower
2. A warm - water current that carries warm water from the Tropics to the Arctic regions of the North Atlantic Ocean - This accounts for higher temperatures and higher humidity on the Eastern Seaboard during the summer
freshwater
percolation
The Gulf - Stream
Law of superposition
3. 186000 miles/second
Speed of light
Tides
15
29.5
4. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity
Eclipses
larger planet
jet stream
Surface temperature
5. Giant masses of solid rock that float upon the earth's mantle - These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries...
Scratch test
Long linear arcs
percolation
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
6. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere
Andromeda galaxy
Surface temperature differences
Sunspots
Convergent plate movements
7. Darkens the moon as the earth passes between it and the sun - casting a shadow on the moon - may be seen from anywhere the moon is visible - about half of the earth
Solar System
Lunar eclipse
Solar radiation
Law of superposition
8. Volcanoes can be caused by '____________'; these so - called hotspots - as in Hawaii - can occur far from plate boundaries
Cirrus clouds
Mantle plumes
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Surface temperature
9. The precipitation that is intercepted by plant foliage and eventually evaporates back to the atmosphere rather than falling to the ground
Latitude
Axis tilt
Canopy interception
California coast
10. An opening - or rupture - in a planet's surface or crust - which allows hot molten rock - ash - and gases to escape from below the surface - Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains or features like mountains over a p
Volcano
percolation
Seasons
Examples to support Continental drift theory
11. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmopshere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into ____
Nuclear fusion
Erosion and land use
clouds
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
12. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes
Cirrus clouds
freshwater
Uniformitarianism
Intrusive
13. Bbreaking along flat surfaces
Cleavage
Sun's gravity
The rock cycle
Latitude
14. Common: wind - clouds - rain - snow - fog - dust storms - Less common: natural disasters such as tornadoes - hurricanes - and ice storms
Weather phenomena on earth
Rocky planets and moons
Chemical weathering
Standard time zones
15. Can thaw and melt - and the ensuing water flows overland as snowmelt
Snow packs
Valley breeze
Solar System
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
16. Different visual appearance; when discovered - comets show a perceptible coma while asteroids do not
Sunspots
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Chemical weathering
Comet
17. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks
Solar radiation
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Standard time zones
Clastic
18. The movement of rainwater as it filters through soil and rocks into the ground - becoming groundwater
Small islands
Sun
Nuclear fusion
Percolation
19. Not all runoff flows into rivers; much of it infiltrates into the ground through...
Conglomerates
percolation
Chaotic system
Venus
20. Thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt - or associated scattered discs - which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune
Short - period comets
Strata
Runoff
Types of clouds
21. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years
The most abundant minerals in the crust
The distinction between asteroids and comets
snow
- mP
22. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream
aquifers
Fossils
River
Spring tide
23. When the moon is at first quarter or third quarter - the sun - earth and moon form a 90- degree (right) angle with the earth at the vertex - The combined effect of this alignment of the sun - earth - and moon results in tidal ranges on the earth - Wh
Neap tide/neaps
Continental drift
Canopy interception
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
24. Forms south of the Arctic and is cold
Surface temperature differences
Polar air
Sedimentary rocks
Block mountains or fold mountains
25. Officially defined as sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of magnitude greater than 0.5
Weather phenomena on earth
Snowmelt
El Nino and La Nina
3/4
26. The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere
larger planet
Evaporation
- cP
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
27. Believed to originate at a much greater distance from the Sun - in a cloud (the Oort cloud) consisting of debris left over from the condensation of solar nebula - Comets are thrown from the outer planets or nearby stars - or as a result of collisions
Lithosphere
Transform plate movements
Venus
Long - period comets
28. Sedimentary rocks containing large fragments of other rock material - e.g. Sandstone
freshwater springs
Conglomerates
- mT
Divergent plate movements
29. Forms over the Tropics and is warm
Colder
Tropical air
Transform plate movements
Standard time zones
30. Forms over land and is associated with dry air
Continental air
The big bang theory of cosmology
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Major oceans
31. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels
cooling
Estuary
Air mass
Cumulonibus clouds
32. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging
Tectonic plates
Cumulonibus clouds
50-100
Pacific Ring of Fire
33. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus
freshwater springs
Rock salt
Types of clouds
Crustal rocks
34. Large - dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms
Cumulonibus clouds
Mohs' scale of hardness
Equinoxes
Density
35. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as...
Transform plate movements
Rainfall
freshwater springs
Erosion and land use
36. Occur along plate boundaries
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Crust
The big bang theory of cosmology
Longitude
37. A major determiner of coastal climate
Surface ocean temperature
Cirrus clouds
Daylight saving time zones
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
38. Formed from calcium carbonate - also an example of chemical sedimentary rocks - like roock salt - can contain organic or once - living matter and can record the history of that matter's formation in features such as strata - fossil evidence - and rip
Long linear arcs
Mantle
Limestone
Polar air
39. The result of the buildup of once - living things
Asteroids
The Gulf - Stream
Gravity and inertia
Coral reef
40. A huge ball of incandescent gases - Its mass is more than 300000 times that of the earth - Principal constituents are the lightest elements - hydrogen and helium
Andromeda galaxy
Sun
Hydrologic cycle
Weight and mass
41. Composed of the fragments of other types of rocks - Cover 75 to 80% of the earth's land area - Often deposited in distinct parallel layers - Weather and erosion break down other rock types into sediments - Over time - the sediments become cemented an
Sedimentary rocks
Comet nuclei
aquifers
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
42. After the moon has waxed through crescent - quarter - and gibbous phases - a ________ appears - At that time - the moon rises at sunset - and we see all of its illuminated side - Then the phase wanes gradually to another new moon
Nuclear fusion
Opposite seasons
Full moon
Continental drift
43. The runoff produced by melting snow
Surface ocean currents
lower elevation
Snowmelt
Lunar eclipse
44. Cause pressure differences - A hot surface heats the air above it and the air expands - lowering the air pressure and its density
Moon
Solar radiation
Surface temperature differences
Conglomerates
45. Form when magma or lava cools and solidifies - Depending on the rate of cooling - can contain visible crystals - while others can appear glassy
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Divergent plate movements
- cP
Igneous rocks
46. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the same area - Atlanta tropical cyclone activity is generally enhanced during La Nina - Often follows the El Nino - especially when the latter is strong
Styles of rock deformation
La Nina
Comet nuclei
percolation
47. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time
World/global ocean
River
aquifers
Volcano
48. Bodies similar to the sun but immensely distant - Closest stars are 4 light - years away
Crust
Latitude
Stars
Diurnal
49. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)
Density
- cT
Extrusive
larger planet
50. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Tidal range
Inertia
Chaotic system