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CSET Science: Geology

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1. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron






2. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere






3. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet






4. 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






5. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel






6. The limited supply of water there is






7. 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






8. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent






9. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt






10. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees






11. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart






12. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core






13. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground






14. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle






15. The process in which water soaks into the ground






16. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it






17. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time






18. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin






19. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate






20. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down






21. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.






22. 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






23. The part of the Earth that we live on






24. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath






25. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils






26. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA






27. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust






28. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at






29. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers






30. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off






31. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes






32. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments






33. The period where the first fish were formed






34. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other






35. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved






36. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface






37. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava






38. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old






39. 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






40. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched






41. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle






42. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other






43. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas






44. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move






45. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was






46. 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






47. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago






48. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground






49. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers






50. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground







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