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CSET Earth

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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. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)






2. Forms over water and is associated with wet air






3. The best determiner of climate - as it is consistently and directly correlated with temperature - other factors: Rain shadows - as well as water currents - elevation and so forth






4. Under solar conditions - gases are undergoing _____ to heavier elements with the increase of prodigious quantities of energy






5. How much matter is in the object






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)






12. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)






13. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds






14. 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)






15. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides






16. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris






17. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________






18. 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






19. Human civilization has lasted only _____ years






20. 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






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






22. Form when dissolved mineral solutions crystalize out of lakes and oceans






23. 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






24. Huge systems of stars - Milky Way is estimated to have 100 billion stars arranged in a great disk






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






26. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old






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






28. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)






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






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






31. This upslope wind is called a...






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






33. 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






34. 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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35. 1 hour of time






36. At any given time - regardless of season - the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience...






37. Faulting and folding






38. Occur along plate boundaries






39. 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






40. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels






41. 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






42. Two feldspars (orthoclase and plagioclase) - quartz - olivine - and augite - These five minerals are silicates - built from interlocking silicon and oxygen atoms






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






44. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat - water - ice - and pressure






45. The stress is particularly severe in _________ - which are characterized by volcanism - metamorphism - deformation - and uplift






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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)






49. 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






50. The tidal force produced by the sun is ____ as large as that produced by the moon