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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Devonian period
S waves
greenhouse effect
Proterozoic era
2. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
surface waves
seismograph
Pangaea
stratosphere
3. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
hardnes
genetic mutations
upwarped mountains
Cenzoic era
4. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
Ring of Fire
troposphere
metamorphic rocks
Archaan era
5. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
tectonic plates
carbon sinks
mantle
genetic mutations
6. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
variations
lower mantle
divergent boundaries
intrusive igneous rocks
7. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
mantle
geologic time scale
sedimentary rocks
environmental pressures
8. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
fossil
environmental pressures
ozone
precipitation
9. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
upwarped mountains
tectonic plates
Mesozoic era
Pangaea
10. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
common ancestor
convergent boundaries
Pangaea
stratosphere
11. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
exosphere
Hadean time
subduction zone
infiltration
12. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
outer core
seismogram
volcanoes
evaporation
13. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
variations
inner core
troposphere
deleterious
14. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
geologic time scale
cleavage
outer core
surface waves
15. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
continental drift
mantle
tsunami
mesophere
16. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
trace fossil
atmosphere
peat
Cenzoic era
17. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
magma
Devonian period
body fossil
variations
18. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
folded mountains
lower mantle
cleavage
surface water
19. The limited supply of water there is
Pangaea
hydrosphere
hardnes
transform boundaries
20. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
seismogram
peat
genetic mutations
mountain
21. 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
variations
infiltration
magma
S waves
22. 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
transform boundaries
mesophere
evaporation
P waves
23. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
color
S waves
cleavage
body fossil
24. Era from 3.8 to 2.5 biillion years ago with the beginning of the geologic record and the formation of the first forms of rocks and bacteria
Archaan era
greenhouse effect
volcanoes
seismograph
25. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
shield volcano
evaporation
Ring of Fire
variations
26. 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.
Paleozoic era
greenhouse effect
radiometric dating
fault - block mountains
27. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
volcanoes
hot spots
divergent boundaries
mineral grains
28. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
Cenzoic era
faults
color
tectonic plates
29. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
infiltration
hot spots
mineral grains
mantle
30. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
stratum
sedimentary rocks
surface waves
metamorphic rocks
31. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
tectonic plates
Paleozoic era
stratigraphy
stratosphere
32. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
tectonic plates
atmosphere
evaporation
cinder cone volcano
33. 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.
color
stratosphere
Mesozoic era
magma
34. The period where the first fish were formed
stratum
deleterious
fault - block mountains
Silurian period
35. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
deleterious
infiltration
hot spots
composite volcano/stratovolcano
36. 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
fossil
tsunami
tectonic plates
cast fossil
37. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
geologic time scale
mold fossil
trace fossil
upwarped mountains
38. 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
evaporation
folded mountains
trace fossil
thermosphere
39. The different ways a species can evolve
variations
magma
metamorphic rocks
cleavage
40. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
carbon sinks
inner core
deleterious
tectonic plates
41. 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
exosphere
magma
mountain
42. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
cinder cone volcano
shield volcano
composite volcano/stratovolcano
folded mountains
43. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
seismogram
mold fossil
common ancestor
fault - block mountains
44. 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
mold fossil
crust
greenhouse effect
hot spots
45. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
genetic mutations
seismograph
earthquake
stratigraphy
46. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
outer core
metamorphic rocks
subduction zone
crust
47. A layer of rock that contains fossils
stratum
precipitation
greenhouse effect
Ring of Fire
48. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
Devonian period
exosphere
runoff
atmosphere
49. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
convergent boundaries
upwarped mountains
fossil
body fossil
50. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
runoff
subduction zone
exosphere
extrusive igneous rocks