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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as...
Full moon
Time zone
freshwater springs
Subsurface flow
2. Pulls the planets toward the sun - while their inertia keeps them moving forward in an elliptical orbit around the sun
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3. Continental polar (dry - cold air)
Extrusive
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
The Gulf - Stream
- cP
4. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration
29.5
Smaller regions of the oceans
Transpiration
Photosphere
5. 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
Weather phenomena on earth
Mantle
Minerals
Time zone
6. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually
50-100
Time zone
Cleavage
Mineral color
7. 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
Opposite seasons
Parallax
Why weather occurs
Sedimentary rocks
8. The result of the buildup of once - living things
50-100
Cirrus clouds
Planets
Coral reef
9. Volcanoes are also found in __________ - where the denser oceanic plates are forced under continental plates; this adds massive volumes of water to the mantle - allowing magma to melt more readily and rise to the surface to form volcanoes
Evaporation
Subduction zones
Lithosphere
California coast
10. Two high waters and two low waters each day - in most locations - tides are semidiurnal
aquifers
Semidiurnal
California coast
5.6
11. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Runoff
cooling
Percolation
12. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time
Deserts
Lunar eclipse
Limestone
aquifers
13. Forms over land and is associated with dry air
Eclipses
Geology
Continental air
Diurnal
14. A major determiner of coastal climate
Snowmelt
larger planet
Diurnal
Surface ocean temperature
15. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the same area - Atlanta tropical cyclone activity is generally enhanced during La Nina - Often follows the El Nino - especially when the latter is strong
Comet nuclei
Photosphere
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
La Nina
16. Defined by geometrically subdividing the earth's spheroid into 24 lunes (wedge - shaped sections) - bordered by meridians - each 15
snow
46%
Standard time zones
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
17. 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
New moon
Moon
Mohs' scale of hardness
Parallax
18. Formed by sodium chloride
Short - period comets
Rock salt
Types of clouds
Air mass
19. 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
Geology
Lunar eclipse
Evaporation
Fossils
20. Sometimes called minor planets or planetoids - Bodies
Asteroids
groundwater discharge
The earth's structure
Cleavage
21. Center: 3000
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22. Stars with the highest ___________ appear blue - while stars with the lowest surface temperature appear red
World/global ocean
River
Stratus clouds
Surface temperature
23. Classified as warm - water or cold - water currents
Continental air
Surface ocean currents
Semidiurnal or diurnal
29.5
24. The motive force behind land breezes and sea/lake breezes - also known as on - or off - shore winds - Land absorbs and radiates heat faster than water - but water releases heat over a longer period of time
Uniformitarianism
Differential heating
Continental air
Mechanical/physical weathering
25. The process of chemical or physical breakdown of earth rocks - soils - and their minerals
Stars
Sun
15
Weathering
26. Paleontology: Fossil evidence indicates the similarity of fossils on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean - Continental 'jigsaw puzzle': The outlines of the continents seem to fit together
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Rock salt
Evapotranspiration
Groundwater
27. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat - water - ice - and pressure
Tropical air
Metamorphic rocks
Mechanical/physical weathering
Parallax
28. 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
Surface temperature
Density
Winter solstice
Galactic center
29. Human civilization has lasted only _____ years
Parallax
Volcano
10000
The most abundant minerals in the crust
30. A region of the earth that has uniform standard time - usually referred to as the local time - divided into standard and daylight saving (or summer)
Plate tectonics
Time zone
Cirrus clouds
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
31. 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
Evaporation
Divergent plate movements
Polar air
Rainfall
32. 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
Transpiration
Volcano
Surface ocean temperature
jet stream
33. There are approx. _____ days between each lunar cycle
10000
29.5
50-100
Sedimentation
34. Refers to the long - term weather patterns of a large geographical area and takes into account temperature - humidity - and precipitation
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Climate
lower elevation
- mT
35. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)
Earth's crust
Sublimation
Chemical weathering
Sunspots
36. 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
Lithosphere
Orogenic zones
Precipitation
Colder
37. The science of the atmosphere and weather
The Gulf - Stream
Meteorology
El Nino and La Nina
Tropical air
38. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)
- mP
Precipitation
Winter solstice
Stratus clouds
39. The tendency of a moving object to stay in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place - Without _______ - a planet would be pulled into the sun
groundwater discharge
Maritime air
- mP
Inertia
40. The runoff produced by melting snow
Altostratus clouds
Meteorology
Snowmelt
Types of galaxies
41. The major mountains tend to occur in __________ - indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity
Mid - oceanic ridge
29.5
Long linear arcs
Ways magma can form
42. When the moon is at first quarter or third quarter - the sun - earth and moon form a 90- degree (right) angle with the earth at the vertex - The combined effect of this alignment of the sun - earth - and moon results in tidal ranges on the earth - Wh
Semidiurnal or diurnal
The most abundant minerals in the crust
Neap tide/neaps
Sun's gravity
43. Igneous rock that forms on the earth's surface - Examples obsidian - basalt - and pumice
Extrusive
freshwater springs
Mountain
California coast
44. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Rainfall
5.6
Coral reef
45. 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
Sun
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Mechanical/physical weathering
Earth's crust
46. Typically the tidal mouths of rivers and are often characterized by _____________ or silt carried in from terrestrial runoff - frequently from offshore
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Evapotranspiration
Transform plate movements
Sedimentation
47. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses
Axis tilt
Chaotic system
Weight and mass
Volcano
48. Can thaw and melt - and the ensuing water flows overland as snowmelt
Pacific Ring of Fire
Solar radiation
Latitude
Snow packs
49. Under solar conditions - gases are undergoing _____ to heavier elements with the increase of prodigious quantities of energy
aquifers
Meteorology
Nuclear fusion
Altostratus clouds
50. The movement of rainwater as it filters through soil and rocks into the ground - becoming groundwater
Mantle
Pacific Ring of Fire
Fossils
Percolation