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CSET Earth
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1. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides
El Nino
Climate
Major oceans
Tidal range
2. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes
Spring tide
Surface temperature differences
Sedimentary rocks
freshwater
3. Loose collections of ice - dust - and small rocky particles - measuring a few kilometers or tens of kilometers across
Solar radiation
Comet nuclei
The distinction between asteroids and comets
The geological time scale
4. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather
Differential heating
- mT
Conglomerates
Cirrus clouds
5. A ______________ - such as the Mid - Atlantic Ridge - has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart
46%
Earth
Mid - oceanic ridge
Soil
6. Defined by geometrically subdividing the earth's spheroid into 24 lunes (wedge - shaped sections) - bordered by meridians - each 15
Stratus clouds
snow
Standard time zones
freshwater
7. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years
snow
Condensation
Asteroids
The big bang theory of cosmology
8. 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
Lunar eclipse
The Gulf - Stream
Latitude
Longitude
9. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere
Chaotic system
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Sublimation
clouds
10. The degrees north or south of the equator
Latitude
Strata
New moon
46%
11. Two types of mountains are formed - depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces
Tidal range
Fossils
Block mountains or fold mountains
Tides
12. Typically the tidal mouths of rivers and are often characterized by _____________ or silt carried in from terrestrial runoff - frequently from offshore
Tropical air
Sedimentation
Diurnal
Mountain
13. 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
The Gulf - Stream
Mantle plumes
Solar System
La Nina
14. The movement of rainwater as it filters through soil and rocks into the ground - becoming groundwater
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Percolation
California coast
World/global ocean
15. The runoff produced by melting snow
Photosphere
Snowmelt
Extrusive
Subduction zones
16. Center: 3000
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17. Comprises one global - interconnected body of salt water often (though generally recognized as several separate oceans) - A continuous body of water with relatively free interchange among its parts
Types of clouds
lower
World/global ocean
Pacific Ring of Fire
18. Form when magma or lava cools and solidifies - Depending on the rate of cooling - can contain visible crystals - while others can appear glassy
Igneous rocks
Hydrologic concepts
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
precipitation
19. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)
- cT
Minerals
Gravity and inertia
Precipitation
20. 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
Erosion
precipitation
Chaotic system
Rock salt
21. A continuous drill would find gas - oil - and water in that order - The three substances occur in their order of density - with the lightest substance on top and the heaviest on the bottom
Spring tide
Petroleum exploration
Semidiurnal or diurnal
Sublimation
22. The major mountains tend to occur in __________ - indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity
New moon
Long linear arcs
Snow packs
Nuclear fusion
23. Form when dissolved mineral solutions crystalize out of lakes and oceans
Sunspots
Chemical sedimentary rocks
Erosion
Continental air
24. Ancient astronomers found that eclipses occurred periodically and learned to predict them accurately - Lunar and solar
The most abundant minerals in the crust
Eclipses
Galactic center
The rock cycle
25. Oceans cover __ of the earth's surface
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
3/4
Chaotic system
Weight and mass
26. Occur when two plates pull away from each other - Such faults are generally weak and shallow Example: the Mid - Atlantic Range in the Atlantic Ocean
Asteroids
Speed of light
Latitude
Divergent plate movements
27. Huge systems of stars - Milky Way is estimated to have 100 billion stars arranged in a great disk
Cumulonibus clouds
Galaxies
Density
Cirrus clouds
28. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)
Mid - oceanic ridge
Sublimation
Percolation
Cirrus clouds
29. 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
Erosion and land use
Rainfall
Volcano
Why weather occurs
30. (or summer time zones) include an offset (typically +1 hour) for daylight saving time
Mechanical/physical weathering
Solar eclipse
Daylight saving time zones
Distance
31. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity
Extrusive
10000
larger planet
Rock salt
32. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the...
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33. Refers to the long - term weather patterns of a large geographical area and takes into account temperature - humidity - and precipitation
Climate
groundwater discharge
Nuclear fusion
Opposite seasons
34. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging
Tectonic plates
Subsurface flow
Evaporation
Andromeda galaxy
35. The farther from the tropics you are positioned - the ________ the angle of the sun - This causes those locations to be cooler due to the indirect sunlight
lower
Styles of rock deformation
Sedimentation
Chemical sedimentary rocks
36. Tides may be...
larger planet
Rain shadow
Stratus clouds
Semidiurnal or diurnal
37. Traces of ancient life preserved in the strata as shells - footprints - and the like - Soft plant and animal tissues decompose quickly in the presence of decay bacteria - which exist wherever oxygen exists
Fossils
Orogenic zones
Tidal range
Metamorphic rocks
38. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean
Semidiurnal
Troposhere
Major oceans
Sun
39. 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)
Erosion
Spring tide
Continental air
Solar System
40. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Troposhere
Percolation
15
41. 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
Precipitation
Uniformitarianism
Scratch test
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
42. Occurs when the moon sets at sunset - Then the moon is between the earth and the sun - so we see only the dark half of the moon
Evapotranspiration
Orogenic zones
New moon
- cT
43. Forms south of the Arctic and is cold
Polar air
Density
Tidal range
- mP
44. Take up about 1/3 of the earth's land surface - many are formed by rain shadows - Usually have a large diurnal (day) and seasonal temperature range - with high daytime temperatures
Rocky planets and moons
Deserts
New moon
Density
45. The center of the sun may have a temperature of millions of degrees; the visible surface - the ______ - is about 6000
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Surface temperature
The Gulf - Stream
Photosphere
46. 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
Venus
Sublimation
Daylight saving time zones
Sun's gravity
47. 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.
Types of galaxies
Scratch test
Transpiration
Tides
48. Travels in an orbit that is slightly elliptical (oval) - and so the distance from the sun ranges from 91.5 to 94.5 million miles - Its daily rotation deforms the earth to a flattened spheroid - with a polar radius slightly less than the equatorial ra
Mechanical/physical weathering
Earth
precipitation
Deserts
49. How much matter is in the object
Density
Speed of light
3/4
15
50. 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
Transpiration
Short - period comets
New moon
The big bang theory of cosmology