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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Deserts
46%
Metamorphic rocks
La Nina
2. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Tidal range
Sublimation
The rock cycle
3. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years
Sedimentation
Hydrologic cycle
Groundwater
Distance
4. 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
Cumulonibus clouds
Semidiurnal or diurnal
Pacific Ring of Fire
Divergent plate movements
5. 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
Types of galaxies
The most abundant minerals in the crust
California coast
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
6. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)
Tectonic plates
Rainfall
lower
- mP
7. 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
Ways magma can form
Lunar eclipse
El Nino
Axis tilt
8. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old
Solar System
Why weather occurs
lower
5.6
9. 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
California coast
Earth's crust
World/global ocean
Examples to support Continental drift theory
10. Cause pressure differences - A hot surface heats the air above it and the air expands - lowering the air pressure and its density
Solar wind
Condensation
World/global ocean
Surface temperature differences
11. 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
Runoff
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Crust
Earth
12. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging
Crustal rocks
Tectonic plates
Crust
- cP
13. 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
Stars
Strata
Estuary
- mT
14. 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
The earth's structure
Longitude
Planets
3/4
15. Forms south of the Arctic and is cold
Limestone
Polar air
Sedimentary rocks
River
16. Temperature - pressure - and composition
Meteorology
Climate
The rock cycle
Ways magma can form
17. 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
Winter solstice
clouds
Hydrologic cycle
World/global ocean
18. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
29.5
Intrusive
Longitude
New moon
19. The process in which one type of rock changes into another
Convergent tectonic plates
The rock cycle
Hydrologic cycle
Orogenic zones
20. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration
Inertia
Equinoxes
Mantle plumes
Transpiration
21. Two types of mountains are formed - depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Sunspots
Block mountains or fold mountains
Condensation
22. 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
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
Runoff
Petroleum exploration
10000
23. Precipitation - Canopy interception - Snowmelt - Runoff - Percolation - Subsurface flow- Evaporation - Sublimation - Condensation
Hydrologic concepts
Latitude
Colder
Surface ocean currents
24. Thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt - or associated scattered discs - which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune
California coast
Short - period comets
Time zone
Plate tectonics
25. Large - dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms
Igneous rocks
Cumulonibus clouds
Andromeda galaxy
lower
26. Faulting and folding
snow
Styles of rock deformation
Short - period comets
Surface ocean temperature
27. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels
Major oceans
Photosphere
The rock cycle
Air mass
28. 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
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Fossils
freshwater
Asteroids
29. The fossiliferous strata record is only the last __% of the earth's history
The rock cycle
11
Latitude
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
30. The degrees north or south of the equator
Mid - oceanic ridge
Latitude
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Groundwater
31. Two high waters and two low waters each day - in most locations - tides are semidiurnal
Semidiurnal
Limestone
percolation
California coast
32. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat - water - ice - and pressure
Mechanical/physical weathering
Ways magma can form
Uniformitarianism
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
33. The runoff produced by melting snow
Neap tide/neaps
Solar radiation
Snowmelt
11
34. 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
Longitude
Earth's crust
California coast
35. This scale assigns a fixed number to 10 reference materials. Talc (1) is the softest and diamond (10) is the hardest
36. The result of the buildup of once - living things
Surface temperature
Pacific Ring of Fire
Inertia
Coral reef
37. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...
Deserts
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Condensation
La Nina
38. 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
Surface ocean temperature
Parallax
Mechanical/physical weathering
Soil
39. 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
Sublimation
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
lower
Transform plate movements
40. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream
River
Ice Age
Weathering
Uniformitarianism
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
groundwater discharge
Lithosphere
10000
The big bang theory of cosmology
42. Theory that the earth's continents were originally united as a supercontinent - Pangaea - Established by Alfred Wegener in the early 1900s
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Climate
Continental drift
Equinoxes
43. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by ___________ coming together
Convergent tectonic plates
Continental drift
Convergent plate movements
freshwater
44. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time
aquifers
Longitude
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Continental air
45. 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
Sun
Galactic center
Mountain
Smaller regions of the oceans
46. Formed by sodium chloride
Erosion and land use
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Chaotic system
Rock salt
47. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually
Cumulonibus clouds
29.5
50-100
Photosphere
48. 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
Cleavage
Mohs' scale of hardness
Crust
49. Forms over the Tropics and is warm
Metamorphic rocks
Differential heating
Smaller regions of the oceans
Tropical air
50. The evaporation of these oceans is how we get most of our __________ - and their temperature determines our climate and wind patterns
Erosion
Minerals
Rainfall
The distinction between asteroids and comets