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CSET Earth
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1. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels
Air mass
- cT
Tropical air
Sedimentation
2. The science that describes and interprets the earth Fields: - Geomorphology (land forms) - Petrology (rocks) - Stratigraphy (layered rocks) - Paleontology (fossils)
Geology
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Air mass
moisture
3. The process of chemical or physical breakdown of earth rocks - soils - and their minerals
Sublimation
Weathering
Tides
aquifers
4. 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
Coral reef
The geological time scale
Troposhere
River
5. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years
Surface temperature differences
Groundwater
Erosion
Full moon
6. Temperature - pressure - and composition
Ways magma can form
Photosphere
Earth
Crust
7. The source of energy for evaporation is primarily through ___________
Rocky planets and moons
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Continental air
Solar radiation
8. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)
Neap tide/neaps
Colder
lower elevation
- cT
9. Faulting and folding
Longitude
Styles of rock deformation
The big bang theory of cosmology
Winter solstice
10. Solar Atmosphere is divided into the inner chromosphere with explosive prominences and the outer corona - a glowing halo visible only during a total eclipse - Constantly emitting particles as a...
Chaotic system
Styles of rock deformation
Solar wind
Rocky planets and moons
11. The degrees east or west of the prime meridian through Greenwich - England
Smaller regions of the oceans
Longitude
Time zone
Percolation
12. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
Intrusive
Divergent plate movements
Ways magma can form
Eclipses
13. 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
Inertia
clouds
Smaller regions of the oceans
Volcano
14. 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
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Latitude
- cP
Winter solstice
15. Large - dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms
Geology
Polar air
Smaller regions of the oceans
Cumulonibus clouds
16. Formed by sodium chloride
clouds
Photosphere
Cumulonibus clouds
Rock salt
17. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses
Semidiurnal
Differential heating
Rain shadow
Weight and mass
18. Occur when two plates slip past each other - Such faults are generally moderate and are relatively shallow Example: The San Andreas Fault
Transform plate movements
Inertia
Strata
Winter solstice
19. 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
Sedimentation
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Divergent plate movements
Air mass
20. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the Solar System - especially on...
California coast
The big bang theory of cosmology
Rocky planets and moons
Chemical sedimentary rocks
21. 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
Rainfall
aquifers
Block mountains or fold mountains
World/global ocean
22. 186000 miles/second
Speed of light
Inertia
Ways magma can form
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
23. Water returns to the land surface at __________ than where it entered - under the force of gravity or gravity - induced pressures
New moon
Tidal range
Geology
lower elevation
24. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the...
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25. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds
Scratch test
percolation
Law of superposition
Snowmelt
26. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris
Sunspots
46%
Solar System
The most abundant minerals in the crust
27. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the ________
Tidal range
Differential heating
jet stream
Petroleum exploration
28. Sedimentary rocks containing large fragments of other rock material - e.g. Sandstone
La Nina
Law of original horizontality
Conglomerates
Seasons
29. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream
River
Galaxies
Smaller regions of the oceans
Diurnal
30. Different visual appearance; when discovered - comets show a perceptible coma while asteroids do not
Galaxies
Conglomerates
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Planets
31. 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
Galaxies
Sedimentary rocks
Mid - oceanic ridge
Igneous rocks
32. The result of the buildup of once - living things
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Eclipses
Coral reef
The geological time scale
33. 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 most abundant minerals in the crust
Opposite seasons
World/global ocean
34. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes
Minerals
freshwater
Orogenic zones
cooling
35. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus
Types of clouds
Geology
Earth's crust
Evaporation
36. Two types of mountains are formed - depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
lower
Sublimation
Block mountains or fold mountains
37. 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
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Hydrologic cycle
freshwater springs
Limestone
38. The movement (carrying away or displacement) of solids (sediment - soil - rock - and other particles) - usually by the agents of currents such as wind - water - or ice by downward or down - slope movement in response to gravity
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Full moon
Erosion
freshwater
39. Continental polar (dry - cold air)
Evapotranspiration
Sun
Types of galaxies
- cP
40. Spiral - elliptical - and irregular form are speckled throughout the visible universe - Largest telescope has detected galaxies to its limit of several billion light - years
La Nina
Types of galaxies
Orogenic zones
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
41. Nearest galaxy - about 20 million light - years away
lower elevation
Surface temperature differences
Photosphere
Andromeda galaxy
42. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time
aquifers
Cirrus clouds
La Nina
Canopy interception
43. Igneous rock that forms on the earth's surface - Examples obsidian - basalt - and pumice
Distance
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
Mohs' scale of hardness
Extrusive
44. How much matter is in the object
Spring tide
Density
Planets
Chemical sedimentary rocks
45. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...
Speed of light
The equator
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Mechanical/physical weathering
46. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks
Eclipses
Mountain
Weight and mass
Clastic
47. Rocks are placed into groups according to how they form...
- mT
Weather phenomena on earth
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
Smaller regions of the oceans
48. On maps - the characteristics of an air mass are represented by two letters: The lowercase letter represents ________ - and the uppercase letter represents temperature
moisture
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Long linear arcs
Transform plate movements
49. Distance to closest stars can be calculated by measuring the _________ - a slight shift in apparent position against the background of more distant stars as the earth travels around the sun
Density
Parallax
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Continental drift
50. 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
Precipitation
Air mass
Altostratus clouds
Mohs' scale of hardness