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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of chemical or physical breakdown of earth rocks - soils - and their minerals
Law of superposition
Conglomerates
Mountain
Weathering
2. Result from the earth's axis being tilted to its orbital plane - NOT the result of the variation in the earth's distance to the sun (Because of its elliptical orbit - the earth as a whole is slightly warmer when away from the sun; this is because the
Subsurface flow
Seasons
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
Evapotranspiration
3. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names
Evapotranspiration
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
larger planet
Smaller regions of the oceans
4. Forms south of the Arctic and is cold
aquifers
Polar air
Estuary
46%
5. 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
Equinoxes
River
Planets
Stratus clouds
6. 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
The most abundant minerals in the crust
Percolation
Runoff
The Gulf - Stream
7. Continental polar (dry - cold air)
Air mass
Tectonic plates
- cP
Plate tectonics
8. 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
Subsurface flow
Transform plate movements
Mid - oceanic ridge
Percolation
9. The movement (carrying away or displacement) of solids (sediment - soil - rock - and other particles) - usually by the agents of currents such as wind - water - or ice by downward or down - slope movement in response to gravity
- cT
Surface temperature differences
Clastic
Erosion
10. Faulting and folding
50-100
Styles of rock deformation
Ice Age
The earth's structure
11. 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
Solar eclipse
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
Cirrus clouds
Tides
12. 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
Altostratus clouds
Block mountains or fold mountains
Precipitation
Geology
13. Large - dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms
Cumulonibus clouds
Snowmelt
Diurnal
Types of galaxies
14. Formed by sodium chloride
3/4
Tropical air
Rock salt
Sublimation
15. Oceans cover __ of the earth's surface
precipitation
freshwater
3/4
Why weather occurs
16. Officially defined as sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of magnitude greater than 0.5
El Nino and La Nina
Solar wind
Chaotic system
Ice Age
17. Tides may be...
Semidiurnal or diurnal
Standard time zones
The Gulf - Stream
3/4
18. Defined by geometrically subdividing the earth's spheroid into 24 lunes (wedge - shaped sections) - bordered by meridians - each 15
Standard time zones
Plate tectonics
Earth's crust
Stratus clouds
19. 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
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Rocky planets and moons
Spring tide
Conglomerates
20. The resulting dust layer would act as a shield - blocking out much of the sun's rays - This would result in lower global temperatures and a general _____ of the earth
Sedimentation
Tropical air
Block mountains or fold mountains
cooling
21. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks
Solar radiation
Mohs' scale of hardness
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Clastic
22. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmopshere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into ____
clouds
Differential heating
Time zone
Weathering
23. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)
- cT
Continental drift
Small islands
Stars
24. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds
precipitation
Axis tilt
Law of superposition
Coral reef
25. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also known as biological weathering)
Sedimentation
Chemical weathering
Crust
Soil
26. 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
Maritime air
Sublimation
- mP
Fossils
27. 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
Strata
Stratus clouds
Snowmelt
28. 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)
Mid - oceanic ridge
Tectonic plates
Spring tide
Orogenic zones
29. At any given time - regardless of season - the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience...
Smaller regions of the oceans
Cirrus clouds
Opposite seasons
Mantle plumes
30. 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
Mineral color
larger planet
Metamorphic rocks
Chemical weathering
31. Typically the tidal mouths of rivers and are often characterized by _____________ or silt carried in from terrestrial runoff - frequently from offshore
Mountain
Eclipses
Sedimentation
Coral reef
32. Mountains blocking the path of precipitation to the desert
Rain shadow
Nuclear fusion
Altostratus clouds
California coast
33. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time
snow
Continental drift
Ways magma can form
aquifers
34. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually
Nuclear fusion
50-100
Sun's gravity
Solar wind
35. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)
Longitude
Sublimation
Long - period comets
Snow packs
36. Volcanoes can be caused by '____________'; these so - called hotspots - as in Hawaii - can occur far from plate boundaries
Mantle plumes
Solar wind
Metamorphic rocks
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
37. (or summer time zones) include an offset (typically +1 hour) for daylight saving time
5.6
Galaxies
Daylight saving time zones
Pacific Ring of Fire
38. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)
- mT
Plate tectonics
Snowmelt
El Nino and La Nina
39. 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
The distinction between asteroids and comets
- mP
Comet
Long - period comets
40. Occur twice a year - when the tilt of the earth's axis is oriented neither from nor to the sun - causing the sun to be located vertically above a point on the equator - The name derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night) - because at the e
Mountain
Surface ocean temperature
Equinoxes
Law of superposition
41. Occur when two plates slip past each other - Such faults are generally moderate and are relatively shallow Example: The San Andreas Fault
precipitation
Eclipses
Parallax
Transform plate movements
42. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration
- cT
Transpiration
Styles of rock deformation
Deserts
43. 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
New moon
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Longitude
44. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
3/4
5.6
The Gulf - Stream
45. The fossiliferous strata record is only the last __% of the earth's history
11
Mantle
Erosion
Speed of light
46. 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
Ice Age
Neap tide/neaps
11
Comet
47. The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air - producing clouds and fog
Condensation
Chemical weathering
Estuary
Time zone
48. Earth movements - The result of forces within the earth - where temperature and pressure differences lead to instability
Crustal rocks
Colder
Density
lower elevation
49. Darkens the moon as the earth passes between it and the sun - casting a shadow on the moon - may be seen from anywhere the moon is visible - about half of the earth
Lunar eclipse
moisture
Comet
Plate tectonics
50. Refers to the long - term weather patterns of a large geographical area and takes into account temperature - humidity - and precipitation
Climate
The distinction between asteroids and comets
snow
Percolation