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CSET Science: Geology
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1. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
infiltration
peat
magma
Pangaea
2. A layer of rock that contains fossils
environmental pressures
stratum
trace fossil
stratosphere
3. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
faults
mesophere
lower mantle
cleavage
4. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
groundwater
upwarped mountains
tectonic plates
sedimentary rocks
5. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Proterozoic era
trace fossil
thermosphere
divergent boundaries
6. 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
groundwater
inner core
P waves
stratum
7. Molten rock
upwarped mountains
magma
color
transform boundaries
8. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
Proterozoic era
hot spots
Pangaea
stratosphere
9. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
inner core
outer core
faults
deleterious
10. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
Ring of Fire
mineral grains
ozone
surface waves
11. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
transform boundaries
carbon sinks
hydrosphere
cast fossil
12. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
metamorphic rocks
peat
sedimentary rocks
stratosphere
13. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
mesophere
mantle
cleavage
deleterious
14. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
convergent boundaries
troposphere
volcanoes
mineral grains
15. 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.
carbon sinks
fault - block mountains
variations
Paleozoic era
16. The process in which water soaks into the ground
extrusive igneous rocks
infiltration
divergent boundaries
hydrosphere
17. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
volcanoes
shield volcano
genetic mutations
mountain
18. 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
S waves
seismogram
mineral grains
shield volcano
19. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
magma
mineral grains
continental drift
convergent boundaries
20. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
Cenzoic era
cinder cone volcano
Hadean time
geologic time scale
21. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
greenhouse effect
mountain
genetic mutations
radiometric dating
22. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
intrusive igneous rocks
cinder cone volcano
groundwater
stratigraphy
23. The limited supply of water there is
Silurian period
Proterozoic era
hydrosphere
Devonian period
24. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
Hadean time
magma
faults
variations
25. 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
thermosphere
faults
Archaan era
fossil
26. The degree that a mineral reflects light
luster
Mesozoic era
Archaan era
carbon sinks
27. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
S waves
inner core
Proterozoic era
Cenzoic era
28. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
tectonic plates
composite volcano/stratovolcano
hydrosphere
exosphere
29. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
exosphere
groundwater
surface waves
composite volcano/stratovolcano
30. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
metamorphic rocks
Devonian period
carbon sinks
luster
31. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
fossil
hardnes
Ring of Fire
infiltration
32. 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
Silurian period
cast fossil
groundwater
runoff
33. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
ozone
S waves
stratosphere
extrusive igneous rocks
34. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
cleavage
fault - block mountains
surface water
Ring of Fire
35. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
seismogram
stratigraphy
divergent boundaries
exosphere
36. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
radiometric dating
cast fossil
tectonic plates
color
37. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
stratosphere
natural selection
Pangaea
Devonian period
38. Water that has infiltrated the ground
groundwater
sedimentary rocks
mountain
magma
39. The different ways a species can evolve
outer core
thermosphere
variations
Mesozoic era
40. The part of the Earth that we live on
cast fossil
runoff
tectonic plates
crust
41. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
peat
sedimentary rocks
common ancestor
upper mantle
42. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
folded mountains
composite volcano/stratovolcano
radiometric dating
S waves
43. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
atmosphere
Hadean time
fossil
subduction zone
44. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
mesophere
color
genetic mutations
Cenzoic era
45. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
mesophere
infiltration
Devonian period
upper mantle
46. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
outer core
sedimentary rocks
hot spots
radiometric dating
47. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
shield volcano
volcanoes
inner core
magma
48. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
continental drift
greenhouse effect
carbon sinks
convergent boundaries
49. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
greenhouse effect
stratigraphy
stratum
subduction zone
50. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
surface waves
mantle
carbon sinks