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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
stratosphere
subduction zone
lower mantle
metamorphic rocks
2. 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
genetic mutations
inner core
cleavage
3. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
geologic time scale
Devonian period
cast fossil
surface water
4. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
volcanoes
upwarped mountains
metamorphic rocks
shield volcano
5. 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
Paleozoic era
color
Archaan era
S waves
6. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
hot spots
surface water
stratum
greenhouse effect
7. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
stratigraphy
Paleozoic era
exosphere
greenhouse effect
8. The process in which plates move and shift
P waves
continental drift
body fossil
surface water
9. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
Paleozoic era
Devonian period
mold fossil
variations
10. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
mesophere
hardnes
Ring of Fire
color
11. The period where the first fish were formed
Mesozoic era
Silurian period
hydrosphere
natural selection
12. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
seismogram
tectonic plates
stratum
evaporation
13. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
geologic time scale
color
surface water
fossil
14. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
geologic time scale
tsunami
peat
radiometric dating
15. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
stratum
faults
Archaan era
mold fossil
16. 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
cast fossil
thermosphere
hydrosphere
divergent boundaries
17. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
upper mantle
inner core
composite volcano/stratovolcano
Archaan era
18. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
evaporation
Hadean time
troposphere
hardnes
19. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
fault - block mountains
mountain
environmental pressures
Ring of Fire
20. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
sedimentary rocks
runoff
cinder cone volcano
mineral grains
21. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
common ancestor
trace fossil
carbon sinks
hydrosphere
22. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
deleterious
composite volcano/stratovolcano
Hadean time
stratosphere
23. The limited supply of water there is
radiometric dating
mantle
hydrosphere
composite volcano/stratovolcano
24. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
metamorphic rocks
variations
intrusive igneous rocks
Mesozoic era
25. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
transform boundaries
seismogram
Proterozoic era
Silurian period
26. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
stratum
lower mantle
surface water
seismogram
27. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
mantle
tectonic plates
precipitation
Devonian period
28. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
atmosphere
color
mesophere
luster
29. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
troposphere
convergent boundaries
greenhouse effect
transform boundaries
30. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
extrusive igneous rocks
precipitation
Devonian period
seismograph
31. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
lower mantle
carbon sinks
Cenzoic era
Mesozoic era
32. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
Paleozoic era
Ring of Fire
Pangaea
continental drift
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.
mold fossil
deleterious
S waves
Mesozoic era
34. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
deleterious
common ancestor
ozone
outer core
35. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
divergent boundaries
inner core
environmental pressures
earthquake
36. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
sedimentary rocks
troposphere
luster
fault - block mountains
37. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
lower mantle
atmosphere
deleterious
mesophere
38. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
trace fossil
Archaan era
folded mountains
transform boundaries
39. Molten rock
luster
fault - block mountains
outer core
magma
40. 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.
fault - block mountains
Paleozoic era
Cenzoic era
greenhouse effect
41. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
troposphere
Pangaea
common ancestor
groundwater
42. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
mountain
natural selection
seismograph
S waves
43. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
lower mantle
stratigraphy
genetic mutations
sedimentary rocks
44. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
radiometric dating
earthquake
transform boundaries
Devonian period
45. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
environmental pressures
volcanoes
exosphere
magma
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
P waves
common ancestor
troposphere
tsunami
47. 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
stratigraphy
cinder cone volcano
Proterozoic era
P waves
48. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
crust
lower mantle
intrusive igneous rocks
Cenzoic era
49. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
body fossil
geologic time scale
cleavage
stratigraphy
50. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
extrusive igneous rocks
Hadean time
color
outer core