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CSET Earth
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1. The strength of gravity in our solar system depends on both the masses of the celestial objects and the _______ between them
Surface ocean currents
Comet nuclei
Snowmelt
Distance
2. 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
Volcano
Chaotic system
Runoff
New moon
3. Travels in an orbit that is slightly elliptical (oval) - and so the distance from the sun ranges from 91.5 to 94.5 million miles - Its daily rotation deforms the earth to a flattened spheroid - with a polar radius slightly less than the equatorial ra
Earth
Block mountains or fold mountains
Tropical air
Opposite seasons
4. The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere
Evaporation
Styles of rock deformation
Precipitation
Rain shadow
5. The runoff produced by melting snow
Air mass
Troposhere
Diurnal
Snowmelt
6. Comprised of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle - broken up into tectonic plates (7 major and many minor) - ride on the asthenosphere
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Ice Age
Chemical weathering
Lithosphere
7. Volcanoes are also found in __________ - where the denser oceanic plates are forced under continental plates; this adds massive volumes of water to the mantle - allowing magma to melt more readily and rise to the surface to form volcanoes
Metamorphic rocks
Subduction zones
Latitude
Volcano
8. Refers to the long - term weather patterns of a large geographical area and takes into account temperature - humidity - and precipitation
Cumulonibus clouds
Types of clouds
Climate
Strata
9. One tidal cycle per day
Differential heating
Uniformitarianism
Latitude
Diurnal
10. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities
Rock salt
Solar radiation
Hydrologic cycle
Mineral color
11. 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)
Convergent tectonic plates
Venus
Time zone
Hydrologic concepts
12. Distance to closest stars can be calculated by measuring the _________ - a slight shift in apparent position against the background of more distant stars as the earth travels around the sun
The earth's structure
Parallax
Standard time zones
Surface temperature
13. Not all runoff flows into rivers; much of it infiltrates into the ground through...
Sedimentation
California coast
percolation
Eclipses
14. Takes approx. seven and a half earth months to revolve around the sun - Takes approx. eight earth months to rotate on its axis - a day on ________ is longer than a year
El Nino
Geology
Venus
Mantle
15. This upslope wind is called a...
Valley breeze
- mT
Neap tide/neaps
Crust
16. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the same area - Atlanta tropical cyclone activity is generally enhanced during La Nina - Often follows the El Nino - especially when the latter is strong
Standard time zones
La Nina
The earth's structure
World/global ocean
17. Pulls the planets toward the sun - while their inertia keeps them moving forward in an elliptical orbit around the sun
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18. Both gravity and inertia work together to keep planets in orbit around the sun - Inertia makes a planet travel in a straight line
clouds
Maritime air
Gravity and inertia
Uniformitarianism
19. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years
Groundwater
River
Small islands
Mantle
20. 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
The big bang theory of cosmology
Styles of rock deformation
Transform plate movements
Ways magma can form
21. The motive force behind land breezes and sea/lake breezes - also known as on - or off - shore winds - Land absorbs and radiates heat faster than water - but water releases heat over a longer period of time
Ice Age
Differential heating
Minerals
Smaller regions of the oceans
22. 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
Weathering
Fossils
Ways magma can form
Tides
23. Takes place when the moon passes between the earth and the sun - with the moon blocking the sunlight for about two minutes - A total ___________ may be seen only from a small zone on the earth
Subsurface flow
Solar eclipse
Comet
Surface ocean temperature
24. The tidal force produced by the sun is ____ as large as that produced by the moon
3/4
Long linear arcs
Colder
46%
25. Stars with the highest ___________ appear blue - while stars with the lowest surface temperature appear red
Surface temperature
Mountain
Density
snow
26. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)
- cT
- mT
Winter solstice
Stars
27. Temperature - pressure - and composition
Erosion and land use
Rainfall
Ways magma can form
The big bang theory of cosmology
28. 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
Spring tide
Petroleum exploration
Types of galaxies
29. Spiral - elliptical - and irregular form are speckled throughout the visible universe - Largest telescope has detected galaxies to its limit of several billion light - years
Ways magma can form
Types of galaxies
Surface temperature
Coral reef
30. Water returns to the land surface at __________ than where it entered - under the force of gravity or gravity - induced pressures
Stratus clouds
Intrusive
Earth
lower elevation
31. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
Intrusive
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Subsurface flow
El Nino and La Nina
32. Cause pressure differences - A hot surface heats the air above it and the air expands - lowering the air pressure and its density
Valley breeze
Surface temperature differences
The geological time scale
Nuclear fusion
33. Some isolated mountains were produced by volcanoes - including many apparently ________ that reach a great height above the ocean floor
New moon
The rock cycle
Surface ocean temperature
Small islands
34. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...
Surface temperature differences
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
Colder
35. 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
11
Intrusive
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
The equator
36. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere
Sunspots
Evaporation
snow
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
37. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________
Rocky planets and moons
Galactic center
Erosion and land use
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
38. 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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39. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels
Sedimentary rocks
jet stream
Petroleum exploration
Air mass
40. This scale assigns a fixed number to 10 reference materials. Talc (1) is the softest and diamond (10) is the hardest
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41. 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...
The earth's structure
Standard time zones
Volcano
Solar wind
42. Faulting and folding
Law of superposition
Condensation
The earth's structure
Styles of rock deformation
43. Water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil
Groundwater
Uniformitarianism
Subduction zones
Evapotranspiration
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
Tidal range
Differential heating
- cT
Lunar eclipse
45. Precipitation - Canopy interception - Snowmelt - Runoff - Percolation - Subsurface flow- Evaporation - Sublimation - Condensation
Major oceans
Hydrologic concepts
- cT
Inertia
46. There are approx. _____ days between each lunar cycle
The earth's structure
29.5
Precipitation
Sun's gravity
47. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather
New moon
Cirrus clouds
Daylight saving time zones
Troposhere
48. The major mountains tend to occur in __________ - indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity
Plate tectonics
Standard time zones
Long linear arcs
Photosphere
49. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides
Tidal range
Continental air
Axis tilt
Styles of rock deformation
50. Forms over the Tropics and is warm
Tropical air
Law of superposition
Parallax
Cleavage