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CSET Earth
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1. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the Solar System - especially on...
Semidiurnal
Continental drift
Rocky planets and moons
Smaller regions of the oceans
2. 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
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Condensation
Solar System
The equator
3. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...
Colder
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
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4. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old
Speed of light
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Comet
5. Common: wind - clouds - rain - snow - fog - dust storms - Less common: natural disasters such as tornadoes - hurricanes - and ice storms
percolation
Weather phenomena on earth
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Tectonic plates
6. Occur along plate boundaries
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
- cP
Intrusive
Sedimentation
7. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Semidiurnal
Short - period comets
Time zone
8. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)
- mP
lower
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
Condensation
9. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities
Mineral color
Equinoxes
freshwater
Clastic
10. The process in which one type of rock changes into another
Eclipses
The rock cycle
Opposite seasons
Deserts
11. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere
Coral reef
Limestone
Sunspots
Extrusive
12. 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
World/global ocean
Long linear arcs
Comet
New moon
13. - 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
Soil
Nuclear fusion
Transform plate movements
Fossils
14. A major determiner of coastal climate
River
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
The equator
Surface ocean temperature
15. Stars with the highest ___________ appear blue - while stars with the lowest surface temperature appear red
- mP
Andromeda galaxy
Surface temperature
Minerals
16. 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
11
Sun
Long - period comets
Hydrologic concepts
17. Continental polar (dry - cold air)
Weathering
Subduction zones
- cP
Comet
18. Occur when two plates slip past each other - Such faults are generally moderate and are relatively shallow Example: The San Andreas Fault
Transform plate movements
Solar eclipse
Earth
lower elevation
19. Pulls the planets toward the sun - while their inertia keeps them moving forward in an elliptical orbit around the sun
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20. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years
Moon
cooling
Mantle plumes
Groundwater
21. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat - water - ice - and pressure
- mP
Mechanical/physical weathering
Full moon
Inertia
22. 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
Moon
Tidal range
Volcano
Longitude
23. 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
Groundwater
Continental air
Clastic
Runoff
24. Earth movements - The result of forces within the earth - where temperature and pressure differences lead to instability
Scratch test
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Opposite seasons
Crustal rocks
25. Sun heats water in the oceans - Water evaporates as vapor into the air - Ice and snow can sublimate directly into water vapor...- Over time - the water reenters the ocean - where the water cycle started
La Nina
Valley breeze
Hydrologic cycle
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
26. 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...
Scratch test
Solar eclipse
Solar wind
Tidal range
27. Some isolated mountains were produced by volcanoes - including many apparently ________ that reach a great height above the ocean floor
Metamorphic rocks
California coast
cooling
Small islands
28. Less than 1% of the earth; this relatively thin zone (5 to 25 miles) contains the only rocks we can study - even in the deepest mines or drill holes
Crust
Ways magma can form
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Sublimation
29. 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
Smaller regions of the oceans
Meteorology
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Pacific Ring of Fire
30. Defined by geometrically subdividing the earth's spheroid into 24 lunes (wedge - shaped sections) - bordered by meridians - each 15
Standard time zones
groundwater discharge
- mP
Fossils
31. The source of energy for evaporation is primarily through ___________
Air mass
Solar radiation
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Solar System
32. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean
Major oceans
cooling
Opposite seasons
Mountain
33. 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
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
moisture
groundwater discharge
34. Precipitation - Canopy interception - Snowmelt - Runoff - Percolation - Subsurface flow- Evaporation - Sublimation - Condensation
Cleavage
Hydrologic concepts
Petroleum exploration
Andromeda galaxy
35. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...
Solar radiation
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Petroleum exploration
Gravity and inertia
36. This upslope wind is called a...
Valley breeze
Condensation
The big bang theory of cosmology
groundwater discharge
37. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
Tropical air
Intrusive
- cP
Evapotranspiration
38. Forms over water and is associated with wet air
Speed of light
Maritime air
The rock cycle
Estuary
39. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris
Continental drift
Solar System
Cleavage
Chemical weathering
40. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks
Rock salt
Tidal range
Moon
Clastic
41. The science of the atmosphere and weather
California coast
Smaller regions of the oceans
Meteorology
Tidal range
42. Under solar conditions - gases are undergoing _____ to heavier elements with the increase of prodigious quantities of energy
Ice Age
moisture
Soil
Nuclear fusion
43. 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
Photosphere
River
Subduction zones
- mP
44. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition
Orogenic zones
Rain shadow
Minerals
Semidiurnal or diurnal
45. 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
Types of clouds
Lunar eclipse
Tectonic plates
Earth
46. The stress is particularly severe in _________ - which are characterized by volcanism - metamorphism - deformation - and uplift
Metamorphic rocks
Orogenic zones
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Long linear arcs
47. 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
Convergent plate movements
Evapotranspiration
Parallax
lower elevation
48. Form when dissolved mineral solutions crystalize out of lakes and oceans
Chemical sedimentary rocks
Deserts
Condensation
Snowmelt
49. Smooth layers of low clouds that indicate a chance of drizzle or snow
Standard time zones
Solar System
Stratus clouds
Sun
50. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream
Law of superposition
Clastic
River
The geological time scale