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CSET Earth

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The rising of the earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the moon and the sun acting on the oceans






2. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus






3. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the Solar System - especially on...






4. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually






5. The best determiner of climate - as it is consistently and directly correlated with temperature - other factors: Rain shadows - as well as water currents - elevation and so forth






6. Loose collections of ice - dust - and small rocky particles - measuring a few kilometers or tens of kilometers across






7. Volcanoes can be caused by '____________'; these so - called hotspots - as in Hawaii - can occur far from plate boundaries






8. Igneous rock that forms on the earth's surface - Examples obsidian - basalt - and pumice






9. The process of chemical or physical breakdown of earth rocks - soils - and their minerals






10. Huge systems of stars - Milky Way is estimated to have 100 billion stars arranged in a great disk






11. (or summer time zones) include an offset (typically +1 hour) for daylight saving time






12. The atmosphere is a __________ - and so small changes to one part of the system can grow to have large effects on the system as a whole - This makes it difficult to accurately predict weather more than a few days in advance






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






14. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names






15. The precipitation that is intercepted by plant foliage and eventually evaporates back to the atmosphere rather than falling to the ground






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






17. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)






18. Tides may be...






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






20. Forms over the Tropics and is warm






21. 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






22. A small Solar System body that orbits the Sun - When close enough to the sun - exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere) or a tail - both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the comet's nucleus - Have a variety of different orbital periods






23. The movement of rainwater as it filters through soil and rocks into the ground - becoming groundwater






24. Defined by geometrically subdividing the earth's spheroid into 24 lunes (wedge - shaped sections) - bordered by meridians - each 15






25. - 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






26. Almost all familiar weather phenomena occur in the __________ (the lower part of the atmosphere)






27. 186000 miles/second






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






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






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






31. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmopshere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into ____






32. Officially defined as sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of magnitude greater than 0.5






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






34. 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






35. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)






36. A ______________ - such as the Mid - Atlantic Ridge - has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart






37. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes






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






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






40. Temperature - pressure - and composition






41. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere






42. 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






43. This upslope wind is called a...






44. 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






45. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years






46. 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






47. Large - dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms






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






49. 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






50. Pulls the planets toward the sun - while their inertia keeps them moving forward in an elliptical orbit around the sun

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