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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The precipitation that is intercepted by plant foliage and eventually evaporates back to the atmosphere rather than falling to the ground
The Gulf - Stream
Rainfall
Canopy interception
Inertia
2. The runoff produced by melting snow
5.6
Snowmelt
Limestone
Mineral color
3. Forms over land and is associated with dry air
Sublimation
Galaxies
Continental air
Convergent plate movements
4. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years
Gravity and inertia
Diurnal
Stratus clouds
snow
5. Officially defined as sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of magnitude greater than 0.5
Metamorphic rocks
Venus
El Nino and La Nina
50-100
6. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity
larger planet
Mechanical/physical weathering
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Mantle plumes
7. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat - water - ice - and pressure
Coral reef
lower elevation
Weight and mass
Mechanical/physical weathering
8. 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
- mT
5.6
Runoff
Rock salt
9. Can thaw and melt - and the ensuing water flows overland as snowmelt
Types of clouds
Solar eclipse
River
Snow packs
10. The process in which one type of rock changes into another
The rock cycle
Igneous rocks
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Strata
11. Around a new or full moon - when the sun - moon - and the earth form a line - the tidal forces due to the sun reinforce those of the moon - The tide's range is at a maximum and is called a spring tide (spring as in 'to jump/leap -' not the season)
Limestone
Latitude
Spring tide
Troposhere
12. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses
Weight and mass
Differential heating
Continental air
46%
13. Earth movements - The result of forces within the earth - where temperature and pressure differences lead to instability
Cumulonibus clouds
lower elevation
Mechanical/physical weathering
Crustal rocks
14. 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
El Nino
Altostratus clouds
The most abundant minerals in the crust
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
15. The tidal force produced by the sun is ____ as large as that produced by the moon
Mountain
Estuary
46%
29.5
16. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration
Spring tide
Types of clouds
Surface temperature
Transpiration
17. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the Solar System - especially on...
Fossils
Rainfall
Erosion and land use
Rocky planets and moons
18. The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air - producing clouds and fog
Condensation
Seasons
Density
World/global ocean
19. Some isolated mountains were produced by volcanoes - including many apparently ________ that reach a great height above the ocean floor
Rocky planets and moons
Uniformitarianism
Opposite seasons
Small islands
20. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...
Eclipses
- mP
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Minerals
21. Faulting and folding
Lithosphere
Long - period comets
Earth
Styles of rock deformation
22. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time
5.6
aquifers
Cirrus clouds
Law of original horizontality
23. Forms over water and is associated with wet air
Styles of rock deformation
California coast
Photosphere
Maritime air
24. Defined by geometrically subdividing the earth's spheroid into 24 lunes (wedge - shaped sections) - bordered by meridians - each 15
Venus
Standard time zones
Photosphere
Metamorphic rocks
25. Stars with the highest ___________ appear blue - while stars with the lowest surface temperature appear red
Seasons
Galaxies
Long - period comets
Surface temperature
26. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream
River
Valley breeze
Diurnal
Tides
27. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities
Divergent plate movements
Mineral color
Surface ocean currents
Sublimation
28. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes
Gravity and inertia
Subduction zones
freshwater
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
29. On maps - the characteristics of an air mass are represented by two letters: The lowercase letter represents ________ - and the uppercase letter represents temperature
Canopy interception
percolation
moisture
Hydrologic cycle
30. Less than 1% of the earth; this relatively thin zone (5 to 25 miles) contains the only rocks we can study - even in the deepest mines or drill holes
Snow packs
Canopy interception
Rocky planets and moons
Crust
31. 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
Pacific Ring of Fire
Sedimentary rocks
freshwater
32. Sun heats water in the oceans - Water evaporates as vapor into the air - Ice and snow can sublimate directly into water vapor...- Over time - the water reenters the ocean - where the water cycle started
Mountain
Differential heating
Hydrologic cycle
Rock salt
33. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds
Law of superposition
29.5
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Sun's gravity
34. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition
Weight and mass
Minerals
Stars
Continental drift
35. 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
Surface ocean currents
Pacific Ring of Fire
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
clouds
36. 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
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Orogenic zones
Longitude
Strata
37. The movement of rainwater as it filters through soil and rocks into the ground - becoming groundwater
Surface temperature differences
Valley breeze
Weather phenomena on earth
Percolation
38. 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
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Percolation
The equator
Venus
39. Believed to originate at a much greater distance from the Sun - in a cloud (the Oort cloud) consisting of debris left over from the condensation of solar nebula - Comets are thrown from the outer planets or nearby stars - or as a result of collisions
50-100
Long - period comets
Sun
Differential heating
40. Loose collections of ice - dust - and small rocky particles - measuring a few kilometers or tens of kilometers across
Axis tilt
Comet nuclei
The earth's structure
Density
41. 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
Petroleum exploration
Geology
Galaxies
Evaporation
42. How much matter is in the object
Density
River
Andromeda galaxy
Metamorphic rocks
43. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels
Snow packs
Air mass
- cT
Limestone
44. 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
New moon
Types of clouds
La Nina
45. One tidal cycle per day
Igneous rocks
Altostratus clouds
Axis tilt
Diurnal
46. 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
Daylight saving time zones
Standard time zones
Convergent plate movements
Chemical weathering
47. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the ________
jet stream
Sunspots
Chaotic system
Earth
48. The evaporation of these oceans is how we get most of our __________ - and their temperature determines our climate and wind patterns
Major oceans
Stratus clouds
Mountain
Rainfall
49. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
Intrusive
The Gulf - Stream
Semidiurnal
Examples to support Continental drift theory
50. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________
Mountain
Surface temperature
Galactic center
Why weather occurs