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CSET Earth
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1. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather
Minerals
Cirrus clouds
Air mass
Crust
2. Ancient astronomers found that eclipses occurred periodically and learned to predict them accurately - Lunar and solar
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Eclipses
Planets
The equator
3. Forms over land and is associated with dry air
percolation
River
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Continental air
4. 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
groundwater discharge
percolation
Subduction zones
5. Some infiltration stays close to the land surface and can seep back into surface - water bodies (and the ocean) as...
freshwater
Continental drift
Solar eclipse
groundwater discharge
6. Formed by sodium chloride
Coral reef
- cP
Sedimentation
Rock salt
7. 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
Time zone
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Law of superposition
8. Bbreaking along flat surfaces
Galaxies
Solar wind
Cleavage
Hydrologic concepts
9. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...
The big bang theory of cosmology
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Mechanical/physical weathering
Seasons
10. The North Pole is in the Arctic Ocean - and thus its temperature extremes are buffered by the water - The result is that the South Pole is consistently _______ during the southern winter than the North Pole during the northern winter
Estuary
Colder
Clastic
10000
11. Refers to the long - term weather patterns of a large geographical area and takes into account temperature - humidity - and precipitation
Rain shadow
Mountain
Climate
Erosion and land use
12. Zero degrees latitude - generally has a tropical climate (warm and wet); at the extreme northern and southern latitudes (polar regions) - the climate is very cold and dry
Semidiurnal
Rainfall
Surface ocean temperature
The equator
13. 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
Chemical weathering
Cumulonibus clouds
Sedimentary rocks
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
14. The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air - producing clouds and fog
Condensation
Snow packs
Convergent plate movements
Law of superposition
15. 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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16. The tidal force produced by the sun is ____ as large as that produced by the moon
46%
Opposite seasons
Precipitation
Distance
17. Occur when two plates slip past each other - Such faults are generally moderate and are relatively shallow Example: The San Andreas Fault
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
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Intrusive
Transform plate movements
18. 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
Speed of light
Mineral color
Venus
Parallax
19. 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
Strata
Soil
Earth
20. Officially defined as sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of magnitude greater than 0.5
Surface ocean currents
Comet nuclei
El Nino and La Nina
Chemical weathering
21. At any given time - regardless of season - the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience...
Ice Age
Conglomerates
Condensation
Opposite seasons
22. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
Continental air
Convergent plate movements
Clastic
Intrusive
23. One tidal cycle per day
Galaxies
Extrusive
Block mountains or fold mountains
Diurnal
24. 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
El Nino
Convergent plate movements
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moisture
25. 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
Snowmelt
Surface temperature
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Strata
26. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years
Rain shadow
Groundwater
Climate
Altostratus clouds
27. 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
Soil
Crust
Asteroids
Strata
28. The center of the sun may have a temperature of millions of degrees; the visible surface - the ______ - is about 6000
Semidiurnal
Stars
Photosphere
The big bang theory of cosmology
29. Water returns to the land surface at __________ than where it entered - under the force of gravity or gravity - induced pressures
lower elevation
Mechanical/physical weathering
Intrusive
Volcano
30. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris
Solar System
Convergent tectonic plates
Why weather occurs
Hydrologic concepts
31. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks
The Gulf - Stream
Scratch test
Volcano
Clastic
32. The fossiliferous strata record is only the last __% of the earth's history
freshwater springs
Erosion
The geological time scale
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33. The science of the atmosphere and weather
Snowmelt
Meteorology
Percolation
Runoff
34. The cold - water current that flows north to south off the _____________ keeps the West Coast fairly cool during the summer - Cold - water currents create cooler temperatures in areas that would otherwise be much warmer
Galaxies
Mechanical/physical weathering
Weight and mass
California coast
35. Tides may be...
Earth
Maritime air
Canopy interception
Semidiurnal or diurnal
36. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________
46%
Long linear arcs
Galactic center
Rocky planets and moons
37. The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere
The rock cycle
Tides
Evaporation
Sunspots
38. An opening - or rupture - in a planet's surface or crust - which allows hot molten rock - ash - and gases to escape from below the surface - Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains or features like mountains over a p
Smaller regions of the oceans
Law of superposition
Volcano
Erosion and land use
39. How much matter is in the object
Density
Eclipses
Erosion
Rain shadow
40. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as...
freshwater springs
Diurnal
Galactic center
Mountain
41. Almost all familiar weather phenomena occur in the __________ (the lower part of the atmosphere)
Sun's gravity
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Law of superposition
Troposhere
42. 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
Full moon
Types of clouds
El Nino
Surface temperature
43. 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
lower
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Strata
Moon
44. Divided into two main types: large - low- density gas giants and smaller - rocky terrestrials - There are at least 341 identified _______ - 8 of which are in the Solar System
Solar System
Mantle plumes
Planets
Stratus clouds
45. Thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt - or associated scattered discs - which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune
Planets
Erosion
Short - period comets
Strata
46. 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
Rocky planets and moons
Runoff
Tides
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
47. Erosion in many places is increased by human land use - Poor land - use practices include deforestation - overgrazing - unmanaged construction activity - and road building
Rainfall
Erosion and land use
The earth's structure
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
48. Igneous rock that forms on the earth's surface - Examples obsidian - basalt - and pumice
Gravity and inertia
Extrusive
Earth
Igneous rocks
49. Form when magma or lava cools and solidifies - Depending on the rate of cooling - can contain visible crystals - while others can appear glassy
Neap tide/neaps
Air mass
Igneous rocks
Surface ocean temperature
50. 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)
- mP
Time zone
cooling
Opposite seasons