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CSET Earth

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere






2. Water returns to the land surface at __________ than where it entered - under the force of gravity or gravity - induced pressures






3. Refers to the long - term weather patterns of a large geographical area and takes into account temperature - humidity - and precipitation






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






5. At any given time - regardless of season - the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience...






6. There are approx. _____ days between each lunar cycle






7. Theory that the earth's continents were originally united as a supercontinent - Pangaea - Established by Alfred Wegener in the early 1900s






8. The flow of water underground - in the vadose zone and aquifers - Subsurface water may return to the surface (as a spring or by being pumped) or eventually seep into the oceans






9. The degrees north or south of the equator






10. How much matter is in the object






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






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






13. Forms over land and is associated with dry air






14. 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






15. 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






16. Typically the tidal mouths of rivers and are often characterized by _____________ or silt carried in from terrestrial runoff - frequently from offshore






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18. The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air - producing clouds and fog






19. Occur when two plates slip past each other - Such faults are generally moderate and are relatively shallow Example: The San Andreas Fault






20. The spectra of distant objects display a red shift - which is interpreted as meaning that they are rapidly receding from us - This apparent expansion of the universe has given rise to the big bang theory of cosmology - in which one primeval mass expl






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






22. An area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions associated with the plate boundaries surrounding the Pacific Ocean - In a 40000 km horseshoe shape - associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches - volcanic arcs - and volcanic






23. 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






24. Bbreaking along flat surfaces






25. Occur when two plates push together - Such faults are strong and relatively deep - Where the strongest earthquakes occur Example: mountain building in the Himalayas and the Andes






26. 186000 miles/second






27. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time






28. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging






29. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean






30. Temperature - pressure - and composition






31. Test the item against materials of known hardness; for example - use your fingernail or the graphite in a pencil to attempt to scratch the items. This process should result in assigning a relative hardness to the unknown items.






32. 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






33. 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






34. The cold - water current that flows north to south off the _____________ keeps the West Coast fairly cool during the summer - Cold - water currents create cooler temperatures in areas that would otherwise be much warmer






35. 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






36. Can thaw and melt - and the ensuing water flows overland as snowmelt






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






38. Air currents move clouds around the globe and cloud particles collide - grow - and fall out of the sky as ________ - Most of it falls back into the oceans or onto land - where the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff - portion of run






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






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






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






42. 1 hour of time






43. Thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt - or associated scattered discs - which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune






44. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as...






45. The fossiliferous strata record is only the last __% of the earth's history






46. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)






47. 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...






48. 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






49. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration






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