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CSET Science: Geology

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






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






3. 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






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






5. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans






6. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes






7. The limited supply of water there is






8. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Molten rock






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






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






20. The period where the first fish were formed






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






22. Water that has infiltrated the ground






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






24. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure






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






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






35. 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






36. The different ways a species can evolve






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






38. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved






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






40. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface






41. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground






42. The process in which plates move and shift






43. 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.






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






45. 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






46. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils






47. 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.






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






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






50. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA