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CSET Earth

Subjects : cset, science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The sun and oceans can also affect the weather of land - If the sun heats ocean waters for a period of time - water can evaporate - Once evaporated into the air - the moisture can spread over nearby land - thus making it cooler

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2. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)






3. Ancient astronomers found that eclipses occurred periodically and learned to predict them accurately - Lunar and solar






4. 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






5. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the ________






6. The runoff produced by melting snow






7. The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air - producing clouds and fog






8. The North Pole is in the Arctic Ocean - and thus its temperature extremes are buffered by the water - The result is that the South Pole is consistently _______ during the southern winter than the North Pole during the northern winter






9. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging






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






11. Comprised of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle - broken up into tectonic plates (7 major and many minor) - ride on the asthenosphere






12. Around a new or full moon - when the sun - moon - and the earth form a line - the tidal forces due to the sun reinforce those of the moon - The tide's range is at a maximum and is called a spring tide (spring as in 'to jump/leap -' not the season)






13. Under solar conditions - gases are undergoing _____ to heavier elements with the increase of prodigious quantities of energy






14. 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...






15. Two high waters and two low waters each day - in most locations - tides are semidiurnal






16. A ______________ - such as the Mid - Atlantic Ridge - has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart






17. On maps - the characteristics of an air mass are represented by two letters: The lowercase letter represents ________ - and the uppercase letter represents temperature






18. Two types of mountains are formed - depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces






19. Forms over water and is associated with wet air






20. The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere






21. The best determiner of climate - as it is consistently and directly correlated with temperature - other factors: Rain shadows - as well as water currents - elevation and so forth






22. 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






23. The process in which one type of rock changes into another






24. Earth movements - The result of forces within the earth - where temperature and pressure differences lead to instability






25. 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






26. Water returns to the land surface at __________ than where it entered - under the force of gravity or gravity - induced pressures






27. (or summer time zones) include an offset (typically +1 hour) for daylight saving time






28. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather






29. The movement of rainwater as it filters through soil and rocks into the ground - becoming groundwater






30. Some infiltration stays close to the land surface and can seep back into surface - water bodies (and the ocean) as...






31. Divided into two main types: large - low- density gas giants and smaller - rocky terrestrials - There are at least 341 identified _______ - 8 of which are in the Solar System






32. Occurs at the instant when the sun's position in the sky is at its greatest angular distance on the other side of the equatorial plane from the observer's hemisphere - Depending on the shift of the calendar - the winter solstice occurs some time betw






33. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity






34. The science that describes and interprets the earth Fields: - Geomorphology (land forms) - Petrology (rocks) - Stratigraphy (layered rocks) - Paleontology (fossils)






35. Occur along plate boundaries






36. The rising of the earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the moon and the sun acting on the oceans






37. Volcanoes can be caused by '____________'; these so - called hotspots - as in Hawaii - can occur far from plate boundaries






38. 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






39. 186000 miles/second






40. At any given time - regardless of season - the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience...






41. Forms over land and is associated with dry air






42. The spectra of distant objects display a red shift - which is interpreted as meaning that they are rapidly receding from us - This apparent expansion of the universe has given rise to the big bang theory of cosmology - in which one primeval mass expl






43. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names






44. 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






45. Both gravity and inertia work together to keep planets in orbit around the sun - Inertia makes a planet travel in a straight line






46. Theory that the earth's continents were originally united as a supercontinent - Pangaea - Established by Alfred Wegener in the early 1900s






47. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition






48. Center: 3000

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49. The evaporation of these oceans is how we get most of our __________ - and their temperature determines our climate and wind patterns






50. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths