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CSET Earth

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1. 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...






2. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather






3. Further caused by the elliptical orbit of the earth - Earth reaches perihelion (the point in its orbit closest to the sun) in January - and it reaches aphelion (farthest point from the sun) in July - Also depend on factors such as proximity to oceans






4. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes






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






6. How much matter is in the object






7. Cause pressure differences - A hot surface heats the air above it and the air expands - lowering the air pressure and its density






8. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere






9. The tidal force produced by the sun is ____ as large as that produced by the moon






10. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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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17. 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






18. Earth movements - The result of forces within the earth - where temperature and pressure differences lead to instability






19. Occur twice a year - when the tilt of the earth's axis is oriented neither from nor to the sun - causing the sun to be located vertically above a point on the equator - The name derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night) - because at the e






20. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years






21. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)






22. - 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






23. 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






24. Not all runoff flows into rivers; much of it infiltrates into the ground through...






25. 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






26. Two types of mountains are formed - depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces






27. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the ________






28. Two high waters and two low waters each day - in most locations - tides are semidiurnal






29. Piled in waves and indicate rain or snow






30. This upslope wind is called a...






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






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






33. The strength of gravity in our solar system depends on both the masses of the celestial objects and the _______ between them






34. 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






35. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides






36. A semi - closed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it - and with a free connection to the open sea - Often associated with high levels of biological diversity - They are made up of brackish water - Often given names






37. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses






38. The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere






39. Both gravity and inertia work together to keep planets in orbit around the sun - Inertia makes a planet travel in a straight line






40. 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






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






42. Ancient astronomers found that eclipses occurred periodically and learned to predict them accurately - Lunar and solar






43. The science of the atmosphere and weather






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






45. 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






46. Erosion in many places is increased by human land use - Poor land - use practices include deforestation - overgrazing - unmanaged construction activity - and road building






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






48. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...






49. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris






50. Bbreaking along flat surfaces