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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________
Planets
Diurnal
Galactic center
Surface temperature differences
2. A continuous drill would find gas - oil - and water in that order - The three substances occur in their order of density - with the lightest substance on top and the heaviest on the bottom
El Nino
Crust
Major oceans
Petroleum exploration
3. Largest zone of the planet (68%); crystalline silicates - rich in magnesium - calcium - and iron; very hot and mainly solid - but local melting to magma is the source of volcanic eruptions
Law of original horizontality
Mantle
Intrusive
Canopy interception
4. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris
Orogenic zones
Solar System
Surface ocean currents
The rock cycle
5. This upslope wind is called a...
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Valley breeze
Major oceans
Continental air
6. Result from the earth's axis being tilted to its orbital plane - NOT the result of the variation in the earth's distance to the sun (Because of its elliptical orbit - the earth as a whole is slightly warmer when away from the sun; this is because the
Percolation
Crust
Seasons
- mP
7. Forms over water and is associated with wet air
Venus
Minerals
Maritime air
Sun's gravity
8. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus
Transpiration
Law of original horizontality
Types of clouds
Chemical sedimentary rocks
9. Nearest galaxy - about 20 million light - years away
Snowmelt
Andromeda galaxy
Comet
Block mountains or fold mountains
10. Center: 3000
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11. The farther from the tropics you are positioned - the ________ the angle of the sun - This causes those locations to be cooler due to the indirect sunlight
- cT
Tectonic plates
lower
Erosion and land use
12. Bodies similar to the sun but immensely distant - Closest stars are 4 light - years away
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Stars
lower
29.5
13. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream
Types of clouds
Sedimentation
River
Coral reef
14. 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
Precipitation
Seasons
Parallax
Ice Age
15. 1 hour of time
Plate tectonics
Intrusive
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Time zone
16. The degrees north or south of the equator
Gravity and inertia
Sun's gravity
Time zone
Latitude
17. The science that describes and interprets the earth Fields: - Geomorphology (land forms) - Petrology (rocks) - Stratigraphy (layered rocks) - Paleontology (fossils)
Stratus clouds
Geology
Surface ocean temperature
Percolation
18. The flow of water underground - in the vadose zone and aquifers - Subsurface water may return to the surface (as a spring or by being pumped) or eventually seep into the oceans
Geology
Gravity and inertia
Mid - oceanic ridge
Subsurface flow
19. 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
Meteorology
Chaotic system
precipitation
Inertia
20. A huge ball of incandescent gases - Its mass is more than 300000 times that of the earth - Principal constituents are the lightest elements - hydrogen and helium
El Nino
Small islands
Sun
Weather phenomena on earth
21. A ______________ - such as the Mid - Atlantic Ridge - has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart
Sun's gravity
Igneous rocks
Mid - oceanic ridge
The equator
22. The movement (carrying away or displacement) of solids (sediment - soil - rock - and other particles) - usually by the agents of currents such as wind - water - or ice by downward or down - slope movement in response to gravity
Seasons
Erosion
Styles of rock deformation
Stars
23. The major mountains tend to occur in __________ - indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity
Seasons
Sun's gravity
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Long linear arcs
24. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old
- mP
jet stream
5.6
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
25. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides
Tidal range
clouds
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Asteroids
26. The runoff produced by melting snow
Weathering
larger planet
Snowmelt
Rain shadow
27. Pulls the planets toward the sun - while their inertia keeps them moving forward in an elliptical orbit around the sun
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28. Some infiltration stays close to the land surface and can seep back into surface - water bodies (and the ocean) as...
The most abundant minerals in the crust
groundwater discharge
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Gravity and inertia
29. 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...
Small islands
Types of galaxies
Solar wind
groundwater discharge
30. 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
Groundwater
Planets
Earth's crust
Uniformitarianism
31. 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
Lunar eclipse
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
- mT
Mid - oceanic ridge
32. Spiral - elliptical - and irregular form are speckled throughout the visible universe - Largest telescope has detected galaxies to its limit of several billion light - years
Subsurface flow
Types of galaxies
Hydrologic concepts
Law of original horizontality
33. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names
Smaller regions of the oceans
Crust
Semidiurnal
Mineral color
34. Two types of mountains are formed - depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces
Snowmelt
Block mountains or fold mountains
Air mass
Valley breeze
35. An opening - or rupture - in a planet's surface or crust - which allows hot molten rock - ash - and gases to escape from below the surface - Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains or features like mountains over a p
Tectonic plates
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Volcano
Conglomerates
36. 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
Photosphere
Deserts
Daylight saving time zones
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
37. There are approx. _____ days between each lunar cycle
29.5
Colder
Stars
Long - period comets
38. The process in which one type of rock changes into another
The rock cycle
Troposhere
Mantle
Semidiurnal
39. Sometimes called minor planets or planetoids - Bodies
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
River
Long linear arcs
Asteroids
40. 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
Weathering
Time zone
moisture
Estuary
41. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)
- mT
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
The most abundant minerals in the crust
Sedimentary rocks
42. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years
Earth's crust
Uniformitarianism
Sun
snow
43. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere
Solar wind
Short - period comets
Sunspots
Latitude
44. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks
Moon
Clastic
Differential heating
Uniformitarianism
45. The fossiliferous strata record is only the last __% of the earth's history
Sedimentation
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groundwater discharge
Speed of light
46. Large - dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms
Cumulonibus clouds
Snow packs
Continental air
snow
47. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses
Colder
Block mountains or fold mountains
Snow packs
Weight and mass
48. Most sediments were deposited in beds that were originally horizontal - and any tilting is due to later earth movements
Subduction zones
California coast
Divergent plate movements
Law of original horizontality
49. Weather occurs primarily due to density (temperature and moisture) differences between one location and another - These differences can occur due to the angle of the sun at any particular spot - which varies by latitude from the tropics
Sun
Lithosphere
- mT
Why weather occurs
50. Forms over the Tropics and is warm
Latitude
Types of galaxies
Tropical air
Sun and oceans' affect on weather