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CSET Science: Geology

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The process in which water soaks into the ground






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






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






13. Molten rock






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form






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






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






21. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure






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






23. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments






24. The part of the Earth that we live on






25. A layer of rock that contains fossils






26. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket






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






28. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Also known as 'survival of the fittest -' the idea that the animal which is the most adjusted will survive long enough to reproduce and produce offspring that have the same types of qualities for their survival






42. 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






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






44. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet






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






46. Water that has infiltrated the ground






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






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






49. The limited supply of water there is






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