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CSET Science: Geology
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1. 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
carbon sinks
volcanoes
extrusive igneous rocks
thermosphere
2. 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
mineral grains
S waves
variations
trace fossil
3. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
peat
ozone
greenhouse effect
volcanoes
4. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
natural selection
surface waves
subduction zone
mold fossil
5. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
transform boundaries
ozone
divergent boundaries
geologic time scale
6. Water that has infiltrated the ground
Ring of Fire
composite volcano/stratovolcano
groundwater
evaporation
7. 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
Hadean time
Archaan era
Devonian period
ozone
8. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
environmental pressures
Devonian period
evaporation
magma
9. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
luster
mineral grains
convergent boundaries
body fossil
10. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
surface waves
Hadean time
intrusive igneous rocks
fault - block mountains
11. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
infiltration
peat
Archaan era
upwarped mountains
12. The limited supply of water there is
hydrosphere
Cenzoic era
outer core
runoff
13. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
runoff
mantle
folded mountains
precipitation
14. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
volcanoes
carbon sinks
precipitation
fault - block mountains
15. A layer of rock that contains fossils
troposphere
infiltration
Devonian period
stratum
16. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
fossil
radiometric dating
mantle
cinder cone volcano
17. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
Hadean time
mountain
extrusive igneous rocks
peat
18. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
lower mantle
Mesozoic era
hardnes
Paleozoic era
19. 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
stratosphere
cast fossil
environmental pressures
20. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
hot spots
runoff
S waves
upwarped mountains
21. The degree that a mineral reflects light
upper mantle
luster
mold fossil
infiltration
22. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
runoff
subduction zone
Silurian period
genetic mutations
23. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
magma
mountain
transform boundaries
shield volcano
24. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
divergent boundaries
convergent boundaries
magma
stratosphere
25. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
greenhouse effect
luster
Pangaea
Ring of Fire
26. 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
hardnes
infiltration
faults
27. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
Pangaea
luster
mountain
Archaan era
28. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
mesophere
seismograph
stratigraphy
Cenzoic era
29. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
mold fossil
deleterious
luster
earthquake
30. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
crust
Hadean time
surface waves
Ring of Fire
31. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
greenhouse effect
upwarped mountains
upper mantle
luster
32. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
upper mantle
natural selection
cleavage
metamorphic rocks
33. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
volcanoes
upper mantle
deleterious
mesophere
34. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
composite volcano/stratovolcano
crust
seismogram
evaporation
35. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
hardnes
upper mantle
luster
ozone
36. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
folded mountains
Hadean time
faults
cast fossil
37. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
volcanoes
outer core
ozone
cleavage
38. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
convergent boundaries
groundwater
color
tectonic plates
39. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
extrusive igneous rocks
fossil
peat
Hadean time
40. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
Cenzoic era
mountain
divergent boundaries
geologic time scale
41. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
transform boundaries
composite volcano/stratovolcano
inner core
surface water
42. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
mold fossil
trace fossil
subduction zone
seismogram
43. 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
exosphere
stratosphere
mold fossil
infiltration
44. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
earthquake
stratosphere
geologic time scale
seismogram
45. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
intrusive igneous rocks
troposphere
radiometric dating
mesophere
46. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
upwarped mountains
Proterozoic era
color
mineral grains
47. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
fossil
carbon sinks
Archaan era
subduction zone
48. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
transform boundaries
surface waves
Pangaea
mineral grains
49. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
S waves
mantle
tectonic plates
inner core
50. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
genetic mutations
cast fossil
mold fossil
peat