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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris
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Strata
Daylight saving time zones
Solar System
2. The degrees east or west of the prime meridian through Greenwich - England
precipitation
Transpiration
Longitude
Groundwater
3. 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
Hydrologic concepts
Limestone
Uniformitarianism
Latitude
4. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses
Weight and mass
Surface ocean currents
Density
Lithosphere
5. 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
Venus
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
The equator
Evapotranspiration
6. 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
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Winter solstice
freshwater
Subsurface flow
7. Most sediments were deposited in beds that were originally horizontal - and any tilting is due to later earth movements
Erosion and land use
Surface ocean temperature
Law of original horizontality
Asteroids
8. 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
3/4
Crustal rocks
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Surface temperature
9. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually
Major oceans
50-100
- mP
3/4
10. 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
Mid - oceanic ridge
Equinoxes
Why weather occurs
Cumulonibus clouds
11. Continental polar (dry - cold air)
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
- cP
freshwater
Cleavage
12. Result from the earth's axis being tilted to its orbital plane - NOT the result of the variation in the earth's distance to the sun (Because of its elliptical orbit - the earth as a whole is slightly warmer when away from the sun; this is because the
Seasons
Rain shadow
Mantle
Geology
13. The center of the sun may have a temperature of millions of degrees; the visible surface - the ______ - is about 6000
El Nino
Weathering
Solar System
Photosphere
14. On maps - the characteristics of an air mass are represented by two letters: The lowercase letter represents ________ - and the uppercase letter represents temperature
Asteroids
Latitude
Soil
moisture
15. The result of the buildup of once - living things
Weather phenomena on earth
Coral reef
Surface ocean currents
Hydrologic cycle
16. Bbreaking along flat surfaces
lower elevation
Andromeda galaxy
Cleavage
3/4
17. 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...
Transform plate movements
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
Winter solstice
- cT
18. 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
Earth
Smaller regions of the oceans
snow
Erosion
19. Form when dissolved mineral solutions crystalize out of lakes and oceans
Chemical sedimentary rocks
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Ways magma can form
Long linear arcs
20. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also known as biological weathering)
Mid - oceanic ridge
Surface temperature differences
cooling
Chemical weathering
21. Refers to the long - term weather patterns of a large geographical area and takes into account temperature - humidity - and precipitation
Cumulonibus clouds
Winter solstice
Climate
Rock salt
22. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)
Rainfall
- mT
Rain shadow
Comet
23. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by ___________ coming together
Convergent tectonic plates
- cP
percolation
Minerals
24. Ancient astronomers found that eclipses occurred periodically and learned to predict them accurately - Lunar and solar
Mountain
El Nino and La Nina
Eclipses
Scratch test
25. Center: 3000
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26. Oceans cover __ of the earth's surface
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
3/4
Opposite seasons
Venus
27. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
jet stream
Weight and mass
Intrusive
Transpiration
28. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition
Minerals
Sedimentation
Cleavage
jet stream
29. Smooth layers of low clouds that indicate a chance of drizzle or snow
Transpiration
Mineral color
Stratus clouds
Erosion
30. 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
Full moon
The Gulf - Stream
Small islands
Chemical sedimentary rocks
31. This scale assigns a fixed number to 10 reference materials. Talc (1) is the softest and diamond (10) is the hardest
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32. 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
Metamorphic rocks
Ways magma can form
Parallax
Inertia
33. 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
Types of galaxies
Clastic
New moon
cooling
34. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)
- mP
46%
Chaotic system
Galactic center
35. 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
Canopy interception
Mantle
Sedimentation
29.5
36. The runoff produced by melting snow
Divergent plate movements
Snowmelt
Long linear arcs
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
37. Volcanoes can be caused by '____________'; these so - called hotspots - as in Hawaii - can occur far from plate boundaries
Solar wind
Latitude
clouds
Mantle plumes
38. Water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil
Evapotranspiration
Cumulonibus clouds
Cleavage
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39. 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
The equator
Gravity and inertia
- mT
40. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks
Styles of rock deformation
Clastic
Cirrus clouds
El Nino and La Nina
41. Believed to originate at a much greater distance from the Sun - in a cloud (the Oort cloud) consisting of debris left over from the condensation of solar nebula - Comets are thrown from the outer planets or nearby stars - or as a result of collisions
Long - period comets
Convergent tectonic plates
Standard time zones
Why weather occurs
42. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)
Subduction zones
Sublimation
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Andromeda galaxy
43. Both gravity and inertia work together to keep planets in orbit around the sun - Inertia makes a planet travel in a straight line
Longitude
Gravity and inertia
Lunar eclipse
Limestone
44. The variety of ways by which water moves across the land - This includes both surface runoff and channel runoff - As it flows - the water may percolate into the ground - evaporate into the air - become stored in lakes or reservoirs - or be extracted
Runoff
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Plate tectonics
precipitation
45. Travels around the earth each month - - Distance from the earth averages 237000 miles - Has rugged topography formed billions of years ago by volcanic eruptions and meteorite impacts - Mass is 1/6th that of Earth
The Gulf - Stream
Moon
- cT
Lithosphere
46. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat - water - ice - and pressure
Scratch test
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Mechanical/physical weathering
Divergent plate movements
47. The major mountains tend to occur in __________ - indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity
Minerals
Long linear arcs
Density
Surface temperature
48. 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
Distance
cooling
Eclipses
Snowmelt
49. Common: wind - clouds - rain - snow - fog - dust storms - Less common: natural disasters such as tornadoes - hurricanes - and ice storms
Eclipses
Surface ocean temperature
Weather phenomena on earth
Stars
50. The strength of gravity in our solar system depends on both the masses of the celestial objects and the _______ between them
Distance
Mantle
Coral reef
Mountain breezes and valley breezes