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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The precipitation that is intercepted by plant foliage and eventually evaporates back to the atmosphere rather than falling to the ground
Rock salt
Condensation
Canopy interception
Climate
2. Cause pressure differences - A hot surface heats the air above it and the air expands - lowering the air pressure and its density
Rainfall
lower elevation
Runoff
Surface temperature differences
3. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity
Andromeda galaxy
Time zone
Comet nuclei
larger planet
4. The process in which one type of rock changes into another
lower
World/global ocean
The rock cycle
Chaotic system
5. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)
Canopy interception
- cT
Lithosphere
Time zone
6. The resulting dust layer would act as a shield - blocking out much of the sun's rays - This would result in lower global temperatures and a general _____ of the earth
Polar air
Mineral color
Meteorology
cooling
7. Air currents move clouds around the globe and cloud particles collide - grow - and fall out of the sky as ________ - Most of it falls back into the oceans or onto land - where the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff - portion of run
Full moon
Mantle
precipitation
Surface ocean currents
8. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging
Tectonic plates
3/4
Stars
Rocky planets and moons
9. Less than 1% of the earth; this relatively thin zone (5 to 25 miles) contains the only rocks we can study - even in the deepest mines or drill holes
Crust
Lunar eclipse
freshwater
Surface temperature differences
10. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also known as biological weathering)
The equator
Chemical weathering
Examples to support Continental drift theory
29.5
11. Forms over land and is associated with dry air
Solar radiation
Continental air
Groundwater
Solar eclipse
12. Takes approx. seven and a half earth months to revolve around the sun - Takes approx. eight earth months to rotate on its axis - a day on ________ is longer than a year
Full moon
Venus
Mountain
Polar air
13. Used to arrange strata in a standard order - Used to measure the amount of radioactive decay in minerals and calculate the time at which the rock formed
The geological time scale
Mantle
Axis tilt
Cirrus clouds
14. The flow of water underground - in the vadose zone and aquifers - Subsurface water may return to the surface (as a spring or by being pumped) or eventually seep into the oceans
Igneous rocks
Weathering
Solar System
Subsurface flow
15. The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere
Evaporation
Stratus clouds
Block mountains or fold mountains
El Nino
16. Nearest galaxy - about 20 million light - years away
Inertia
Surface ocean temperature
Earth's crust
Andromeda galaxy
17. Condensed water vapor that falls to the earth's surface - Most precipitation occurs as rain - but also includes snow - hail - fog drip - graupel - and sleet
The earth's structure
Climate
Eclipses
Precipitation
18. Water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil
Solar System
Eclipses
Evapotranspiration
Meteorology
19. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the ________
El Nino and La Nina
El Nino
jet stream
Short - period comets
20. Largest zone of the planet (68%); crystalline silicates - rich in magnesium - calcium - and iron; very hot and mainly solid - but local melting to magma is the source of volcanic eruptions
Mantle
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Density
Galactic center
21. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)
clouds
Long - period comets
Valley breeze
Sublimation
22. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific - warm current of nutrient - poor tropical water - heated by its eastward passage in the Equatorial Current - replaces the cold - nutrient - rich surface water of th
precipitation
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
The geological time scale
El Nino
23. The degrees north or south of the equator
Continental air
Latitude
Mantle
freshwater
24. 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
Coral reef
Ways magma can form
Sedimentary rocks
Semidiurnal or diurnal
25. Stars with the highest ___________ appear blue - while stars with the lowest surface temperature appear red
Surface temperature
Pacific Ring of Fire
The geological time scale
Mineral color
26. Takes place when the moon passes between the earth and the sun - with the moon blocking the sunlight for about two minutes - A total ___________ may be seen only from a small zone on the earth
Solar eclipse
Sun
groundwater discharge
Density
27. Weather occurs primarily due to density (temperature and moisture) differences between one location and another - These differences can occur due to the angle of the sun at any particular spot - which varies by latitude from the tropics
15
Latitude
Why weather occurs
Styles of rock deformation
28. 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
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Meteorology
Maritime air
29. 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
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
cooling
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Full moon
30. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus
Minerals
Types of clouds
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Uniformitarianism
31. Due to a combination of differential heating and geometry - hen the sun rises - it is the tops of the mountain peaks which receive first light - and as the day progresses - the mountain slopes take on a greater heat load than the valleys - This resul
Law of original horizontality
Convergent tectonic plates
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Orogenic zones
32. Some isolated mountains were produced by volcanoes - including many apparently ________ that reach a great height above the ocean floor
Styles of rock deformation
Nuclear fusion
Hydrologic concepts
Small islands
33. Classified as warm - water or cold - water currents
Runoff
Sedimentary rocks
Types of galaxies
Surface ocean currents
34. Seasons are marked by changes in the amount of sunlight - which in turn often cause cycles of dormancy in plants and hibernation in animals - These effects vary with latitude and with proximity to bodies of water
Hydrologic concepts
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Erosion and land use
freshwater springs
35. Formed by sodium chloride
Parallax
Types of galaxies
Rock salt
Latitude
36. Sedimentary rocks containing large fragments of other rock material - e.g. Sandstone
River
World/global ocean
Weight and mass
Conglomerates
37. The layers of sediment deposited in a quiet environment - Common sites of deposition are lakes - deltas at the mouths of rivers - beaches and sandbars along the coast - and (most important) the marine environment
Continental drift
Strata
Stars
Evaporation
38. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the Solar System - especially on...
Surface ocean currents
Planets
Rocky planets and moons
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
39. The science that describes and interprets the earth Fields: - Geomorphology (land forms) - Petrology (rocks) - Stratigraphy (layered rocks) - Paleontology (fossils)
Geology
Ways magma can form
Metamorphic rocks
Weathering
40. Zero degrees latitude - generally has a tropical climate (warm and wet); at the extreme northern and southern latitudes (polar regions) - the climate is very cold and dry
The equator
Chemical sedimentary rocks
Crustal rocks
Tropical air
41. A major determiner of coastal climate
Block mountains or fold mountains
Surface ocean temperature
Hydrologic concepts
Deserts
42. Large - dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms
Cumulonibus clouds
Canopy interception
Differential heating
Rock salt
43. Most sediments were deposited in beds that were originally horizontal - and any tilting is due to later earth movements
Eclipses
Law of original horizontality
Daylight saving time zones
The most abundant minerals in the crust
44. Paleontology: Fossil evidence indicates the similarity of fossils on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean - Continental 'jigsaw puzzle': The outlines of the continents seem to fit together
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Subduction zones
3/4
45. Tides may be...
Semidiurnal or diurnal
Comet
Density
precipitation
46. Forms over the Tropics and is warm
Tropical air
Solar wind
New moon
Smaller regions of the oceans
47. 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
Lithosphere
La Nina
The equator
The geological time scale
48. An area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions associated with the plate boundaries surrounding the Pacific Ocean - In a 40000 km horseshoe shape - associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches - volcanic arcs - and volcanic
Solar eclipse
Winter solstice
River
Pacific Ring of Fire
49. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmopshere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into ____
Altostratus clouds
Winter solstice
Coral reef
clouds
50. The stress is particularly severe in _________ - which are characterized by volcanism - metamorphism - deformation - and uplift
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Cleavage
Orogenic zones
The distinction between asteroids and comets