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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Temperature - pressure - and composition
Sunspots
River
Ways magma can form
Mantle
2. Seasons are marked by changes in the amount of sunlight - which in turn often cause cycles of dormancy in plants and hibernation in animals - These effects vary with latitude and with proximity to bodies of water
Evaporation
Orogenic zones
Weight and mass
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
3. Not all runoff flows into rivers; much of it infiltrates into the ground through...
percolation
Eclipses
Convergent plate movements
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4. Almost all familiar weather phenomena occur in the __________ (the lower part of the atmosphere)
Troposhere
Extrusive
Longitude
Tectonic plates
5. A semi - closed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it - and with a free connection to the open sea - Often associated with high levels of biological diversity - They are made up of brackish water - Often given names
Estuary
Full moon
Short - period comets
Sedimentation
6. This upslope wind is called a...
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Long linear arcs
29.5
Valley breeze
7. A warm - water current that carries warm water from the Tropics to the Arctic regions of the North Atlantic Ocean - This accounts for higher temperatures and higher humidity on the Eastern Seaboard during the summer
The Gulf - Stream
Venus
Subduction zones
Earth
8. Bodies similar to the sun but immensely distant - Closest stars are 4 light - years away
jet stream
Condensation
Nuclear fusion
Stars
9. Classified as warm - water or cold - water currents
Deserts
Percolation
Limestone
Surface ocean currents
10. The spectra of distant objects display a red shift - which is interpreted as meaning that they are rapidly receding from us - This apparent expansion of the universe has given rise to the big bang theory of cosmology - in which one primeval mass expl
Limestone
The big bang theory of cosmology
Geology
Plate tectonics
11. Some infiltration stays close to the land surface and can seep back into surface - water bodies (and the ocean) as...
groundwater discharge
Spring tide
Distance
Latitude
12. The degrees east or west of the prime meridian through Greenwich - England
Longitude
Photosphere
Time zone
Tidal range
13. - The materials left over after the rock breaks down combine with organic material - The mineral content is determined by the parent material; thus - a soil derived from a single rock type can often be deficient in one or more minerals for good ferti
The Gulf - Stream
Galactic center
Soil
Condensation
14. Travels around the earth each month - - Distance from the earth averages 237000 miles - Has rugged topography formed billions of years ago by volcanic eruptions and meteorite impacts - Mass is 1/6th that of Earth
Mantle
Moon
Mechanical/physical weathering
The earth's structure
15. The rising of the earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the moon and the sun acting on the oceans
Tides
Hydrologic concepts
Sedimentary rocks
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16. Some isolated mountains were produced by volcanoes - including many apparently ________ that reach a great height above the ocean floor
Daylight saving time zones
Latitude
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Small islands
17. Erosion in many places is increased by human land use - Poor land - use practices include deforestation - overgrazing - unmanaged construction activity - and road building
Transpiration
Erosion and land use
Speed of light
Runoff
18. Divided into two main types: large - low- density gas giants and smaller - rocky terrestrials - There are at least 341 identified _______ - 8 of which are in the Solar System
Planets
Transform plate movements
Altostratus clouds
Long - period comets
19. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging
29.5
Stratus clouds
Surface ocean currents
Tectonic plates
20. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by ___________ coming together
Coral reef
Soil
Convergent tectonic plates
Comet nuclei
21. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels
Mineral color
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Tides
Air mass
22. Two high waters and two low waters each day - in most locations - tides are semidiurnal
jet stream
Semidiurnal
Evaporation
Weight and mass
23. The fossiliferous strata record is only the last __% of the earth's history
La Nina
Limestone
Continental drift
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24. Condensed water vapor that falls to the earth's surface - Most precipitation occurs as rain - but also includes snow - hail - fog drip - graupel - and sleet
Why weather occurs
29.5
Rock salt
Precipitation
25. Due to a combination of differential heating and geometry - hen the sun rises - it is the tops of the mountain peaks which receive first light - and as the day progresses - the mountain slopes take on a greater heat load than the valleys - This resul
- mP
Precipitation
Mantle plumes
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
26. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years
Examples to support Continental drift theory
El Nino
snow
Clastic
27. Occurs when the moon sets at sunset - Then the moon is between the earth and the sun - so we see only the dark half of the moon
New moon
The equator
Rocky planets and moons
Parallax
28. Take up about 1/3 of the earth's land surface - many are formed by rain shadows - Usually have a large diurnal (day) and seasonal temperature range - with high daytime temperatures
Sedimentation
Deserts
Metamorphic rocks
Daylight saving time zones
29. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather
Rain shadow
Comet
Solar eclipse
Cirrus clouds
30. The sun and oceans can also affect the weather of land - If the sun heats ocean waters for a period of time - water can evaporate - Once evaporated into the air - the moisture can spread over nearby land - thus making it cooler
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31. Method of using the present to interpret the past - Processes occurring today are observed carefully and their effects are measured - Then - geologists assume that similar effects in ancient rocks were caused by processes similar to those of the pres
Extrusive
Uniformitarianism
Weight and mass
Evapotranspiration
32. A region of the earth that has uniform standard time - usually referred to as the local time - divided into standard and daylight saving (or summer)
Time zone
Sunspots
Density
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
33. Common: wind - clouds - rain - snow - fog - dust storms - Less common: natural disasters such as tornadoes - hurricanes - and ice storms
Weather phenomena on earth
Condensation
Subsurface flow
- cT
34. The science that describes and interprets the earth Fields: - Geomorphology (land forms) - Petrology (rocks) - Stratigraphy (layered rocks) - Paleontology (fossils)
Geology
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
Ice Age
35. The resulting dust layer would act as a shield - blocking out much of the sun's rays - This would result in lower global temperatures and a general _____ of the earth
Longitude
cooling
Petroleum exploration
Uniformitarianism
36. An area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions associated with the plate boundaries surrounding the Pacific Ocean - In a 40000 km horseshoe shape - associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches - volcanic arcs - and volcanic
Pacific Ring of Fire
Maritime air
Crustal rocks
Meteorology
37. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmopshere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into ____
Mineral color
Petroleum exploration
clouds
Surface temperature differences
38. A land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area - with a peak - Usually produced by the movement of lithospheric plates
Comet
Mountain
The most abundant minerals in the crust
Types of galaxies
39. Forms over water and is associated with wet air
Stars
Speed of light
Maritime air
Chemical weathering
40. Most sediments were deposited in beds that were originally horizontal - and any tilting is due to later earth movements
moisture
lower
El Nino and La Nina
Law of original horizontality
41. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity
- mP
larger planet
Eclipses
Polar air
42. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition
Minerals
Small islands
Meteorology
freshwater
43. Traces of ancient life preserved in the strata as shells - footprints - and the like - Soft plant and animal tissues decompose quickly in the presence of decay bacteria - which exist wherever oxygen exists
Tectonic plates
Fossils
Mantle
Metamorphic rocks
44. Darkens the moon as the earth passes between it and the sun - casting a shadow on the moon - may be seen from anywhere the moon is visible - about half of the earth
Longitude
Lunar eclipse
Long linear arcs
Condensation
45. Form when magma or lava cools and solidifies - Depending on the rate of cooling - can contain visible crystals - while others can appear glassy
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Igneous rocks
Long - period comets
Evapotranspiration
46. A major determiner of coastal climate
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
World/global ocean
Surface ocean temperature
47. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...
Scratch test
Comet nuclei
Gravity and inertia
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
48. Different visual appearance; when discovered - comets show a perceptible coma while asteroids do not
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Conglomerates
aquifers
Lithosphere
49. Mountains blocking the path of precipitation to the desert
Mantle
Soil
Rain shadow
Colder
50. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)
The equator
- cT
Erosion
Air mass