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CSET Science: Geology

Subjects : cset, science, geology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath






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






3. 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






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






5. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean






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






7. A layer of rock that contains fossils






8. The process in which plates move and shift






9. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes






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






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






12. The degree that a mineral reflects light






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






14. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer






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






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






17. The part of the Earth that we live on






18. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils






19. The process in which water soaks into the ground






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






21. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten






22. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






29. The period where the first fish were formed






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






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






32. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal






33. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered






34. Molten rock






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






36. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them






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






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






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






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






41. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation






42. The different ways a species can evolve






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






44. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs






45. 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.






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






47. The limited supply of water there is






48. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail






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






50. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle