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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Also known as secondary waves - these are the second - fastest seismic waves and they travel at right angles to the direction of the movement and they produce vertical and horizontal motion
peat
infiltration
S waves
variations
2. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
natural selection
Mesozoic era
thermosphere
trace fossil
3. The degree that a mineral reflects light
luster
surface waves
exosphere
carbon sinks
4. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
ozone
seismogram
color
transform boundaries
5. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
mantle
common ancestor
hydrosphere
Pangaea
6. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
convergent boundaries
tectonic plates
cleavage
precipitation
7. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Proterozoic era
stratum
fault - block mountains
Mesozoic era
8. 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
thermosphere
fossil
sedimentary rocks
surface waves
9. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
Devonian period
natural selection
mountain
geologic time scale
10. 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
carbon sinks
subduction zone
extrusive igneous rocks
11. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
extrusive igneous rocks
surface waves
common ancestor
stratigraphy
12. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
thermosphere
mesophere
deleterious
exosphere
13. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
upwarped mountains
natural selection
Pangaea
hot spots
14. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
hardnes
Silurian period
runoff
lower mantle
15. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
groundwater
Ring of Fire
fossil
genetic mutations
16. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
Cenzoic era
hot spots
greenhouse effect
deleterious
17. 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
shield volcano
thermosphere
cast fossil
common ancestor
18. A fossil that is caused when the skeleton of a dead animal or plant is covered in sand and water and rock and decays over time - leaving a hollow print of the skeleton
mountain
mold fossil
stratum
genetic mutations
19. Molten rock
magma
folded mountains
divergent boundaries
trace fossil
20. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
upwarped mountains
faults
body fossil
Hadean time
21. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
divergent boundaries
Mesozoic era
volcanoes
luster
22. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
stratigraphy
Archaan era
hot spots
carbon sinks
23. The different ways a species can evolve
evaporation
outer core
variations
hot spots
24. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
atmosphere
Hadean time
sedimentary rocks
P waves
25. Also known as primary waves - these are the fastest seismic waves and the first to be detected. They compress and expand both liquid and solid rock as they move through it
fault - block mountains
upper mantle
Proterozoic era
P waves
26. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
fault - block mountains
exosphere
metamorphic rocks
common ancestor
27. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
stratosphere
divergent boundaries
genetic mutations
mountain
28. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
exosphere
tectonic plates
stratigraphy
transform boundaries
29. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
evaporation
trace fossil
cinder cone volcano
stratum
30. The part of the Earth that we live on
intrusive igneous rocks
crust
seismograph
Ring of Fire
31. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
Hadean time
troposphere
fault - block mountains
tectonic plates
32. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
fossil
troposphere
extrusive igneous rocks
Pangaea
33. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
mesophere
lower mantle
transform boundaries
hot spots
34. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
sedimentary rocks
surface water
subduction zone
inner core
35. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
mantle
surface waves
convergent boundaries
Ring of Fire
36. The process in which plates move and shift
continental drift
groundwater
S waves
mineral grains
37. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
Mesozoic era
earthquake
Paleozoic era
evaporation
38. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
continental drift
fossil
Pangaea
fault - block mountains
39. A layer of rock that contains fossils
body fossil
runoff
trace fossil
stratum
40. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
exosphere
tectonic plates
transform boundaries
subduction zone
41. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
hydrosphere
folded mountains
deleterious
intrusive igneous rocks
42. The limited supply of water there is
hydrosphere
continental drift
color
deleterious
43. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
sedimentary rocks
peat
body fossil
mesophere
44. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
Mesozoic era
groundwater
luster
faults
45. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
surface waves
precipitation
greenhouse effect
shield volcano
46. The period where the first fish were formed
evaporation
mineral grains
Cenzoic era
Silurian period
47. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
transform boundaries
volcanoes
metamorphic rocks
carbon sinks
48. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
inner core
stratosphere
surface waves
P waves
49. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
Proterozoic era
mesophere
metamorphic rocks
lower mantle
50. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
extrusive igneous rocks
natural selection
fault - block mountains
precipitation