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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Era from 570 to 245 million years ago with the explosion of animal diversity followed by the wiping out of 99 percent of planetary life thanks to an asteroid. Pangea rises.
hot spots
deleterious
color
Paleozoic era
2. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
tsunami
variations
body fossil
lower mantle
3. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
cinder cone volcano
upper mantle
troposphere
Archaan era
4. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
P waves
Paleozoic era
mountain
body fossil
5. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
color
Devonian period
genetic mutations
Proterozoic era
6. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
runoff
greenhouse effect
luster
Pangaea
7. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
upwarped mountains
Hadean time
seismograph
environmental pressures
8. Molten rock
divergent boundaries
color
deleterious
magma
9. The degree that a mineral reflects light
ozone
mineral grains
volcanoes
luster
10. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
hardnes
Devonian period
metamorphic rocks
inner core
11. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
Archaan era
hardnes
composite volcano/stratovolcano
fossil
12. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
geologic time scale
common ancestor
hot spots
Ring of Fire
13. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
volcanoes
luster
divergent boundaries
fault - block mountains
14. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
fault - block mountains
cleavage
mold fossil
genetic mutations
15. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
upwarped mountains
ozone
trace fossil
natural selection
16. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
cleavage
infiltration
outer core
folded mountains
17. The limited supply of water there is
cast fossil
hydrosphere
P waves
deleterious
18. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
stratosphere
intrusive igneous rocks
stratigraphy
infiltration
19. A fossil caused when the mold of the skeleton of a dead animal is filled with minerals from the bubbling water and the minerals take the shape of the skeleton
ozone
cast fossil
shield volcano
trace fossil
20. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
runoff
infiltration
divergent boundaries
fossil
21. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
upwarped mountains
carbon sinks
Ring of Fire
mold fossil
22. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
faults
infiltration
natural selection
radiometric dating
23. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
mountain
genetic mutations
composite volcano/stratovolcano
peat
24. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
faults
natural selection
evaporation
stratosphere
25. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
troposphere
runoff
stratosphere
surface waves
26. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
divergent boundaries
seismogram
Hadean time
P waves
27. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
subduction zone
Cenzoic era
convergent boundaries
hardnes
28. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
tectonic plates
mantle
faults
color
29. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
lower mantle
Cenzoic era
shield volcano
evaporation
30. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
Silurian period
crust
trace fossil
fossil
31. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
Devonian period
upper mantle
fossil
mesophere
32. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
Ring of Fire
fossil
seismograph
tectonic plates
33. The fourth layer of the atmosphere - which is also the hottest because the air is so thin and the temperature is up to 2000 degrees Celsius
mesophere
thermosphere
environmental pressures
upper mantle
34. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
shield volcano
thermosphere
Cenzoic era
peat
35. The process in which plates move and shift
divergent boundaries
continental drift
stratosphere
geologic time scale
36. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
metamorphic rocks
hot spots
Hadean time
geologic time scale
37. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
stratigraphy
geologic time scale
carbon sinks
intrusive igneous rocks
38. The process in which water soaks into the ground
exosphere
greenhouse effect
variations
infiltration
39. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
mineral grains
exosphere
mold fossil
surface waves
40. Era between 245 to 65 million years ago and known as the Age of the Reptiles because this was whe nthe dinosaurs existed until a mass extinction. Pangea separates.
Mesozoic era
ozone
evaporation
crust
41. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
mineral grains
surface water
infiltration
peat
42. Also known as 'survival of the fittest -' the idea that the animal which is the most adjusted will survive long enough to reproduce and produce offspring that have the same types of qualities for their survival
natural selection
crust
shield volcano
surface waves
43. A harbor wave that occurs when there is a violent disturbance deep below the ocean - like an earthquake - which creates a wave that stores a huge amount of energy
tsunami
Silurian period
faults
seismograph
44. Water that has infiltrated the ground
groundwater
tsunami
Hadean time
environmental pressures
45. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
evaporation
Silurian period
volcanoes
transform boundaries
46. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
Hadean time
tsunami
deleterious
peat
47. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
stratigraphy
seismogram
troposphere
stratosphere
48. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
composite volcano/stratovolcano
divergent boundaries
intrusive igneous rocks
precipitation
49. The part of the Earth that we live on
hydrosphere
Hadean time
convergent boundaries
crust
50. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
hot spots
sedimentary rocks
cinder cone volcano
faults