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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...
Fossils
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Galactic center
Condensation
2. (or summer time zones) include an offset (typically +1 hour) for daylight saving time
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Diurnal
California coast
Daylight saving time zones
3. 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
precipitation
Mohs' scale of hardness
- mT
La Nina
4. Igneous rock that forms on the earth's surface - Examples obsidian - basalt - and pumice
Petroleum exploration
The rock cycle
Extrusive
Mantle
5. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels
Air mass
Mechanical/physical weathering
Hydrologic concepts
larger planet
6. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather
Deserts
The equator
Cirrus clouds
The distinction between asteroids and comets
7. The spectra of distant objects display a red shift - which is interpreted as meaning that they are rapidly receding from us - This apparent expansion of the universe has given rise to the big bang theory of cosmology - in which one primeval mass expl
Ways magma can form
The big bang theory of cosmology
Climate
Gravity and inertia
8. Forms south of the Arctic and is cold
Types of clouds
50-100
Polar air
Sun
9. 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
Mineral color
Neap tide/neaps
Transform plate movements
Andromeda galaxy
10. Mountains blocking the path of precipitation to the desert
Rain shadow
Extrusive
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Smaller regions of the oceans
11. A major determiner of coastal climate
Parallax
Rocky planets and moons
Lithosphere
Surface ocean temperature
12. 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
Strata
Stratus clouds
5.6
El Nino
13. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years
Long - period comets
Groundwater
Deserts
Pacific Ring of Fire
14. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by ___________ coming together
Fossils
Convergent tectonic plates
moisture
Convergent plate movements
15. The runoff produced by melting snow
Snowmelt
Earth
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Valley breeze
16. Tides may be...
Mid - oceanic ridge
Semidiurnal or diurnal
Rocky planets and moons
Orogenic zones
17. Continental polar (dry - cold air)
Distance
- cP
Ice Age
Crust
18. Thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt - or associated scattered discs - which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune
Short - period comets
The distinction between asteroids and comets
New moon
The rock cycle
19. The degrees north or south of the equator
freshwater springs
Latitude
Solar wind
Venus
20. Travels around the earth each month - - Distance from the earth averages 237000 miles - Has rugged topography formed billions of years ago by volcanic eruptions and meteorite impacts - Mass is 1/6th that of Earth
Moon
11
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Short - period comets
21. Rocks are placed into groups according to how they form...
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
Block mountains or fold mountains
Axis tilt
Venus
22. Huge systems of stars - Milky Way is estimated to have 100 billion stars arranged in a great disk
Types of galaxies
La Nina
Convergent plate movements
Galaxies
23. Forms over water and is associated with wet air
Mohs' scale of hardness
Maritime air
El Nino
Continental drift
24. Giant masses of solid rock that float upon the earth's mantle - These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries...
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
Longitude
Seasons
Parallax
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26. Officially defined as sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of magnitude greater than 0.5
Sedimentary rocks
El Nino and La Nina
Mid - oceanic ridge
Weight and mass
27. 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
Weather phenomena on earth
World/global ocean
Subsurface flow
Erosion
28. The result of the buildup of once - living things
Mineral color
Mantle
Coral reef
Conglomerates
29. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)
Snowmelt
The Gulf - Stream
Coral reef
- cT
30. Under solar conditions - gases are undergoing _____ to heavier elements with the increase of prodigious quantities of energy
Nuclear fusion
Semidiurnal or diurnal
Asteroids
Seasons
31. The stress is particularly severe in _________ - which are characterized by volcanism - metamorphism - deformation - and uplift
Pacific Ring of Fire
Orogenic zones
The Gulf - Stream
Soil
32. Common: wind - clouds - rain - snow - fog - dust storms - Less common: natural disasters such as tornadoes - hurricanes - and ice storms
Maritime air
Weather phenomena on earth
El Nino and La Nina
Ice Age
33. 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
Latitude
Volcano
Small islands
lower elevation
34. 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
Chaotic system
15
Photosphere
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
35. Further caused by the elliptical orbit of the earth - Earth reaches perihelion (the point in its orbit closest to the sun) in January - and it reaches aphelion (farthest point from the sun) in July - Also depend on factors such as proximity to oceans
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Mineral color
Erosion and land use
Canopy interception
36. The tidal force produced by the sun is ____ as large as that produced by the moon
Cumulonibus clouds
46%
Weight and mass
Convergent plate movements
37. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks
Meteorology
Rain shadow
Clastic
snow
38. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old
Hydrologic cycle
Chemical sedimentary rocks
5.6
Air mass
39. 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
Types of clouds
Fossils
Minerals
Differential heating
40. 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
Daylight saving time zones
Long - period comets
Tidal range
Cirrus clouds
41. How much matter is in the object
Continental air
Sedimentation
Density
Colder
42. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities
Solar eclipse
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Mineral color
Geology
43. 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
Estuary
Surface temperature
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Lithosphere
44. 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
Comet
Metamorphic rocks
Crust
Rain shadow
45. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging
Tectonic plates
Cirrus clouds
Surface temperature
Cleavage
46. The strength of gravity in our solar system depends on both the masses of the celestial objects and the _______ between them
Distance
Geology
moisture
River
47. On maps - the characteristics of an air mass are represented by two letters: The lowercase letter represents ________ - and the uppercase letter represents temperature
Deserts
precipitation
moisture
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
48. 186000 miles/second
Convergent tectonic plates
Speed of light
Sunspots
Volcano
49. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat - water - ice - and pressure
Mechanical/physical weathering
Types of clouds
3/4
Soil
50. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time
Meteorology
Lunar eclipse
Styles of rock deformation
aquifers