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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
thermosphere
carbon sinks
tsunami
Archaan era
2. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
runoff
geologic time scale
crust
greenhouse effect
3. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
shield volcano
stratum
exosphere
lower mantle
4. 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
cast fossil
crust
P waves
color
5. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
inner core
metamorphic rocks
trace fossil
color
6. A layer of rock that contains fossils
peat
stratum
outer core
body fossil
7. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
earthquake
faults
subduction zone
surface waves
8. 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
Cenzoic era
groundwater
mesophere
9. 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
ozone
Archaan era
precipitation
stratosphere
10. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
P waves
Hadean time
radiometric dating
fault - block mountains
11. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
mountain
S waves
stratosphere
volcanoes
12. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
variations
upwarped mountains
body fossil
mountain
13. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
precipitation
radiometric dating
folded mountains
sedimentary rocks
14. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
trace fossil
hydrosphere
troposphere
P waves
15. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
color
genetic mutations
geologic time scale
cast fossil
16. The limited supply of water there is
hydrosphere
common ancestor
peat
earthquake
17. Water that has infiltrated the ground
Hadean time
groundwater
Archaan era
fault - block mountains
18. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
peat
fossil
cleavage
common ancestor
19. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
seismogram
tectonic plates
natural selection
genetic mutations
20. The process in which plates move and shift
Cenzoic era
hydrosphere
P waves
continental drift
21. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
fault - block mountains
radiometric dating
surface waves
Proterozoic era
22. The process in which water soaks into the ground
mold fossil
common ancestor
atmosphere
infiltration
23. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
outer core
S waves
lower mantle
inner core
24. The period where the first fish were formed
trace fossil
magma
Silurian period
inner core
25. 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
shield volcano
mold fossil
Cenzoic era
stratum
26. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
precipitation
radiometric dating
mold fossil
Devonian period
27. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
atmosphere
fault - block mountains
stratigraphy
surface water
28. The degree that a mineral reflects light
genetic mutations
atmosphere
luster
tectonic plates
29. 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.
Pangaea
metamorphic rocks
Mesozoic era
groundwater
30. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
P waves
Pangaea
hydrosphere
extrusive igneous rocks
31. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
transform boundaries
cast fossil
troposphere
mesophere
32. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
surface waves
mountain
Ring of Fire
ozone
33. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
greenhouse effect
peat
geologic time scale
lower mantle
34. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
extrusive igneous rocks
folded mountains
cinder cone volcano
metamorphic rocks
35. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
cast fossil
radiometric dating
Hadean time
36. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
S waves
troposphere
fossil
environmental pressures
37. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
ozone
transform boundaries
continental drift
evaporation
38. 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
precipitation
atmosphere
radiometric dating
39. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
Devonian period
peat
tectonic plates
genetic mutations
40. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
cast fossil
stratigraphy
groundwater
stratum
41. 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
divergent boundaries
S waves
precipitation
P waves
42. The different ways a species can evolve
deleterious
hot spots
tectonic plates
variations
43. Molten rock
magma
carbon sinks
runoff
radiometric dating
44. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
hardnes
outer core
divergent boundaries
cinder cone volcano
45. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
exosphere
Ring of Fire
folded mountains
earthquake
46. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
body fossil
earthquake
mineral grains
transform boundaries
47. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
shield volcano
hydrosphere
carbon sinks
precipitation
48. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
deleterious
geologic time scale
upper mantle
seismograph
49. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
geologic time scale
evaporation
composite volcano/stratovolcano
ozone
50. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
mantle
convergent boundaries
tectonic plates
metamorphic rocks