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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names
Smaller regions of the oceans
Chaotic system
Rain shadow
jet stream
2. 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
Spring tide
Precipitation
Opposite seasons
River
3. 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
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Semidiurnal
The big bang theory of cosmology
Block mountains or fold mountains
4. The movement of rainwater as it filters through soil and rocks into the ground - becoming groundwater
Percolation
Solar wind
29.5
Mantle
5. 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
Latitude
Solar eclipse
River
Seasons
6. Piled in waves and indicate rain or snow
Altostratus clouds
Solar eclipse
Tidal range
Colder
7. Bbreaking along flat surfaces
Latitude
Mantle plumes
Axis tilt
Cleavage
8. Classified as warm - water or cold - water currents
Precipitation
Diurnal
Surface ocean currents
Mantle
9. 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
Polar air
Clastic
Condensation
Sun
10. At any given time - regardless of season - the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience...
freshwater
Opposite seasons
cooling
Smaller regions of the oceans
11. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time
lower
Weight and mass
aquifers
The rock cycle
12. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean
Sedimentation
Crust
Major oceans
The equator
13. When the moon is at first quarter or third quarter - the sun - earth and moon form a 90- degree (right) angle with the earth at the vertex - The combined effect of this alignment of the sun - earth - and moon results in tidal ranges on the earth - Wh
Neap tide/neaps
Erosion and land use
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
California coast
14. The strength of gravity in our solar system depends on both the masses of the celestial objects and the _______ between them
Surface temperature
Weather phenomena on earth
Chemical sedimentary rocks
Distance
15. A small Solar System body that orbits the Sun - When close enough to the sun - exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere) or a tail - both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the comet's nucleus - Have a variety of different orbital periods
Comet
Nuclear fusion
jet stream
Semidiurnal or diurnal
16. After the moon has waxed through crescent - quarter - and gibbous phases - a ________ appears - At that time - the moon rises at sunset - and we see all of its illuminated side - Then the phase wanes gradually to another new moon
Snowmelt
Full moon
Metamorphic rocks
Speed of light
17. Faulting and folding
Daylight saving time zones
Sun's gravity
Styles of rock deformation
3/4
18. 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
Sedimentation
Sun's gravity
New moon
11
19. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere
clouds
15
Standard time zones
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
20. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses
Daylight saving time zones
lower elevation
Weight and mass
5.6
21. 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
La Nina
- mT
Surface temperature
Tectonic plates
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23. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years
Standard time zones
Mantle plumes
Scratch test
snow
24. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes
freshwater
Spring tide
Chemical sedimentary rocks
Winter solstice
25. Huge systems of stars - Milky Way is estimated to have 100 billion stars arranged in a great disk
Winter solstice
Weather phenomena on earth
Semidiurnal
Galaxies
26. Composed of the fragments of other types of rocks - Cover 75 to 80% of the earth's land area - Often deposited in distinct parallel layers - Weather and erosion break down other rock types into sediments - Over time - the sediments become cemented an
3/4
Sedimentary rocks
29.5
Surface ocean currents
27. There are approx. _____ days between each lunar cycle
Strata
Precipitation
29.5
Stratus clouds
28. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...
Styles of rock deformation
Solar eclipse
Surface ocean currents
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
29. Occur when two plates push together - Such faults are strong and relatively deep - Where the strongest earthquakes occur Example: mountain building in the Himalayas and the Andes
Rock salt
Why weather occurs
Convergent plate movements
Latitude
30. Stars with the highest ___________ appear blue - while stars with the lowest surface temperature appear red
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Galactic center
Geology
Surface temperature
31. 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
Speed of light
Percolation
Fossils
Tropical air
32. One tidal cycle per day
Extrusive
Diurnal
The earth's structure
Lunar eclipse
33. Sometimes called minor planets or planetoids - Bodies
Asteroids
Winter solstice
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Ways magma can form
34. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________
Galactic center
Rainfall
Maritime air
Moon
35. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition
Minerals
Ways magma can form
Crust
Groundwater
36. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)
Time zone
clouds
- mT
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
37. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by ___________ coming together
El Nino
Rock salt
Convergent tectonic plates
Petroleum exploration
38. 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
46%
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Maritime air
39. 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
El Nino
Limestone
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Subsurface flow
40. Precipitation - Canopy interception - Snowmelt - Runoff - Percolation - Subsurface flow- Evaporation - Sublimation - Condensation
Hydrologic concepts
Comet nuclei
Maritime air
Estuary
41. 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
Erosion
Latitude
Major oceans
42. Occur along plate boundaries
- mT
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Neap tide/neaps
Convergent plate movements
43. Smooth layers of low clouds that indicate a chance of drizzle or snow
snow
Strata
Stratus clouds
Latitude
44. Temperature - pressure - and composition
Seasons
Ways magma can form
Transpiration
Air mass
45. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream
Divergent plate movements
Climate
River
Mid - oceanic ridge
46. Sedimentary rocks containing large fragments of other rock material - e.g. Sandstone
Mantle
Conglomerates
Block mountains or fold mountains
Speed of light
47. 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
Why weather occurs
Seasons
Crust
Major oceans
48. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather
- cT
Mantle
Valley breeze
Cirrus clouds
49. Form when magma or lava cools and solidifies - Depending on the rate of cooling - can contain visible crystals - while others can appear glassy
Tectonic plates
Igneous rocks
Pacific Ring of Fire
Semidiurnal
50. 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...
Solar wind
Climate
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Tropical air