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CSET Earth

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1. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition






2. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually






3. The precipitation that is intercepted by plant foliage and eventually evaporates back to the atmosphere rather than falling to the ground






4. 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






5. 1 hour of time






6. 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


7. Sometimes called minor planets or planetoids - Bodies






8. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity






9. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific - warm current of nutrient - poor tropical water - heated by its eastward passage in the Equatorial Current - replaces the cold - nutrient - rich surface water of th






10. Precipitation - Canopy interception - Snowmelt - Runoff - Percolation - Subsurface flow- Evaporation - Sublimation - Condensation






11. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes






12. Center: 3000


13. Thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt - or associated scattered discs - which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune






14. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging






15. Solar Atmosphere is divided into the inner chromosphere with explosive prominences and the outer corona - a glowing halo visible only during a total eclipse - Constantly emitting particles as a...






16. This scale assigns a fixed number to 10 reference materials. Talc (1) is the softest and diamond (10) is the hardest


17. One tidal cycle per day






18. The science of the atmosphere and weather






19. Large - scale movements of the earth's lithosphere - - The theory encompasses the older concepts of continental drift (first half of 20th century) and seafloor spreading (1960s)






20. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names






21. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old






22. Paleontology: Fossil evidence indicates the similarity of fossils on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean - Continental 'jigsaw puzzle': The outlines of the continents seem to fit together






23. Common: wind - clouds - rain - snow - fog - dust storms - Less common: natural disasters such as tornadoes - hurricanes - and ice storms






24. Almost all familiar weather phenomena occur in the __________ (the lower part of the atmosphere)






25. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)






26. Volcanoes can be caused by '____________'; these so - called hotspots - as in Hawaii - can occur far from plate boundaries






27. Comprises one global - interconnected body of salt water often (though generally recognized as several separate oceans) - A continuous body of water with relatively free interchange among its parts






28. Officially defined as sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of magnitude greater than 0.5






29. The variety of ways by which water moves across the land - This includes both surface runoff and channel runoff - As it flows - the water may percolate into the ground - evaporate into the air - become stored in lakes or reservoirs - or be extracted






30. Used to arrange strata in a standard order - Used to measure the amount of radioactive decay in minerals and calculate the time at which the rock formed






31. 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






32. 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






33. The science that describes and interprets the earth Fields: - Geomorphology (land forms) - Petrology (rocks) - Stratigraphy (layered rocks) - Paleontology (fossils)






34. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also known as biological weathering)






35. Pulls the planets toward the sun - while their inertia keeps them moving forward in an elliptical orbit around the sun


36. Occur when two plates pull away from each other - Such faults are generally weak and shallow Example: the Mid - Atlantic Range in the Atlantic Ocean






37. The layers of sediment deposited in a quiet environment - Common sites of deposition are lakes - deltas at the mouths of rivers - beaches and sandbars along the coast - and (most important) the marine environment






38. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration






39. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere






40. The atmosphere is a __________ - and so small changes to one part of the system can grow to have large effects on the system as a whole - This makes it difficult to accurately predict weather more than a few days in advance






41. Piled in waves and indicate rain or snow






42. Spiral - elliptical - and irregular form are speckled throughout the visible universe - Largest telescope has detected galaxies to its limit of several billion light - years






43. The degrees east or west of the prime meridian through Greenwich - England






44. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus






45. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere






46. How much matter is in the object






47. Sedimentary rocks containing large fragments of other rock material - e.g. Sandstone






48. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the ________






49. The runoff produced by melting snow






50. Forms over land and is associated with dry air