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CSET Earth

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Test the item against materials of known hardness; for example - use your fingernail or the graphite in a pencil to attempt to scratch the items. This process should result in assigning a relative hardness to the unknown items.






2. Human civilization has lasted only _____ years






3. Bbreaking along flat surfaces






4. Earth movements - The result of forces within the earth - where temperature and pressure differences lead to instability






5. On maps - the characteristics of an air mass are represented by two letters: The lowercase letter represents ________ - and the uppercase letter represents temperature






6. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds






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






8. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths






9. 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






10. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)






11. Erosion in many places is increased by human land use - Poor land - use practices include deforestation - overgrazing - unmanaged construction activity - and road building






12. Forms over water and is associated with wet air






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14. Not all runoff flows into rivers; much of it infiltrates into the ground through...






15. Ancient astronomers found that eclipses occurred periodically and learned to predict them accurately - Lunar and solar






16. 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






17. Temperature - pressure - and composition






18. The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere






19. Different visual appearance; when discovered - comets show a perceptible coma while asteroids do not






20. Most sediments were deposited in beds that were originally horizontal - and any tilting is due to later earth movements






21. Classified as warm - water or cold - water currents






22. Defined by geometrically subdividing the earth's spheroid into 24 lunes (wedge - shaped sections) - bordered by meridians - each 15






23. 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






24. 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






25. Form when magma or lava cools and solidifies - Depending on the rate of cooling - can contain visible crystals - while others can appear glassy






26. Cause pressure differences - A hot surface heats the air above it and the air expands - lowering the air pressure and its density






27. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus






28. 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






29. 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






30. Forms over land and is associated with dry air






31. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities






32. Formed from calcium carbonate - also an example of chemical sedimentary rocks - like roock salt - can contain organic or once - living matter and can record the history of that matter's formation in features such as strata - fossil evidence - and rip






33. Generally forms deep in the mantle as one type of rock changes into another - Due to intense pressure - can show signs of bending and distortion - Examples: schist - marble - gneiss - and slate






34. Two types of mountains are formed - depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces






35. 186000 miles/second






36. A land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area - with a peak - Usually produced by the movement of lithospheric plates






37. How much matter is in the object






38. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean






39. Nearest galaxy - about 20 million light - years away






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






41. The strength of gravity in our solar system depends on both the masses of the celestial objects and the _______ between them






42. Theory that the earth's continents were originally united as a supercontinent - Pangaea - Established by Alfred Wegener in the early 1900s






43. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as...






44. 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






45. 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...






46. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years






47. The process of chemical or physical breakdown of earth rocks - soils - and their minerals






48. Can thaw and melt - and the ensuing water flows overland as snowmelt






49. This upslope wind is called a...






50. The movement of rainwater as it filters through soil and rocks into the ground - becoming groundwater