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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
hot spots
deleterious
Proterozoic era
Pangaea
2. The process in which water soaks into the ground
Ring of Fire
infiltration
seismograph
geologic time scale
3. Molten rock
magma
upper mantle
color
common ancestor
4. A layer of rock that contains fossils
variations
stratum
mountain
volcanoes
5. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
volcanoes
geologic time scale
divergent boundaries
shield volcano
6. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
precipitation
stratosphere
earthquake
hot spots
7. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
hardnes
fault - block mountains
cleavage
subduction zone
8. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
seismograph
hydrosphere
exosphere
body fossil
9. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
Mesozoic era
troposphere
upwarped mountains
sedimentary rocks
10. 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
Pangaea
Paleozoic era
natural selection
mesophere
11. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
inner core
troposphere
hardnes
stratosphere
12. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
fault - block mountains
upwarped mountains
divergent boundaries
stratigraphy
13. 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
Proterozoic era
seismogram
S waves
Paleozoic era
14. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
convergent boundaries
magma
upper mantle
Hadean time
15. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
folded mountains
transform boundaries
inner core
stratum
16. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
hot spots
Proterozoic era
stratigraphy
P waves
17. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
carbon sinks
magma
mesophere
crust
18. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
greenhouse effect
genetic mutations
tsunami
evaporation
19. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
infiltration
outer core
environmental pressures
exosphere
20. Water that has infiltrated the ground
Archaan era
mountain
groundwater
extrusive igneous rocks
21. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
environmental pressures
S waves
outer core
extrusive igneous rocks
22. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
Ring of Fire
Hadean time
folded mountains
Devonian period
23. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
Ring of Fire
common ancestor
mineral grains
ozone
24. 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
P waves
environmental pressures
convergent boundaries
mold fossil
25. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
seismogram
shield volcano
outer core
tectonic plates
26. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
infiltration
fault - block mountains
genetic mutations
composite volcano/stratovolcano
27. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
lower mantle
surface waves
Proterozoic era
evaporation
28. 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
color
tsunami
Archaan era
infiltration
29. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
sedimentary rocks
faults
ozone
geologic time scale
30. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
hydrosphere
P waves
upper mantle
convergent boundaries
31. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
body fossil
Cenzoic era
shield volcano
evaporation
32. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Silurian period
Proterozoic era
divergent boundaries
groundwater
33. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
lower mantle
greenhouse effect
hardnes
surface water
34. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
sedimentary rocks
geologic time scale
volcanoes
evaporation
35. The process in which plates move and shift
Devonian period
Paleozoic era
continental drift
mantle
36. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
inner core
geologic time scale
mantle
metamorphic rocks
37. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
crust
ozone
color
environmental pressures
38. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
Hadean time
runoff
mantle
fault - block mountains
39. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
mold fossil
Mesozoic era
earthquake
groundwater
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.
continental drift
variations
Hadean time
Mesozoic era
41. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
outer core
mineral grains
thermosphere
hardnes
42. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
metamorphic rocks
divergent boundaries
stratosphere
common ancestor
43. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
folded mountains
magma
luster
fossil
44. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
tectonic plates
Archaan era
trace fossil
45. The degree that a mineral reflects light
mantle
luster
cleavage
exosphere
46. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
Pangaea
mold fossil
greenhouse effect
transform boundaries
47. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
seismogram
P waves
outer core
Cenzoic era
48. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
faults
Cenzoic era
mountain
environmental pressures
49. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
divergent boundaries
trace fossil
cleavage
P waves
50. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
Devonian period
geologic time scale
crust
composite volcano/stratovolcano
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