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CSET Earth

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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. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years






2. 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






3. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also known as biological weathering)






4. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris






5. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds






6. The result of the buildup of once - living things






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






8. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides






9. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities






10. Scientists theorize that massive volcanic eruptions on a global scale contributed to the earth's cooling - resulting in the onset of the...






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






12. The stress is particularly severe in _________ - which are characterized by volcanism - metamorphism - deformation - and uplift






13. The major mountains tend to occur in __________ - indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity






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






15. A major determiner of coastal climate






16. Test the item against materials of known hardness; for example - use your fingernail or the graphite in a pencil to attempt to scratch the items. This process should result in assigning a relative hardness to the unknown items.






17. Further caused by the elliptical orbit of the earth - Earth reaches perihelion (the point in its orbit closest to the sun) in January - and it reaches aphelion (farthest point from the sun) in July - Also depend on factors such as proximity to oceans






18. Form when dissolved mineral solutions crystalize out of lakes and oceans






19. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)






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






21. Occur when two plates push together - Such faults are strong and relatively deep - Where the strongest earthquakes occur Example: mountain building in the Himalayas and the Andes






22. Bbreaking along flat surfaces






23. 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






24. Common: wind - clouds - rain - snow - fog - dust storms - Less common: natural disasters such as tornadoes - hurricanes - and ice storms






25. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old






26. - The materials left over after the rock breaks down combine with organic material - The mineral content is determined by the parent material; thus - a soil derived from a single rock type can often be deficient in one or more minerals for good ferti






27. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________






28. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean






29. 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






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






31. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere






32. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream






33. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration






34. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)






35. 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






36. 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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37. A semi - closed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it - and with a free connection to the open sea - Often associated with high levels of biological diversity - They are made up of brackish water - Often given names






38. This upslope wind is called a...






39. Rocks are placed into groups according to how they form...






40. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses






41. Precipitation - Canopy interception - Snowmelt - Runoff - Percolation - Subsurface flow- Evaporation - Sublimation - Condensation






42. The source of energy for evaporation is primarily through ___________






43. 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






44. One tidal cycle per day






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






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






47. Formed by sodium chloride






48. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels






49. 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






50. 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