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CSET Earth
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Not all runoff flows into rivers; much of it infiltrates into the ground through...
percolation
Stratus clouds
- cP
Crust
2. 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
Chemical weathering
Evapotranspiration
Weather phenomena on earth
Pacific Ring of Fire
3. Nearest galaxy - about 20 million light - years away
15
Hydrologic cycle
Andromeda galaxy
Tectonic plates
4. 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
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Erosion
Differential heating
Axis tilt
5. 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
Condensation
Scratch test
Solar eclipse
Deserts
6. Human civilization has lasted only _____ years
10000
Galaxies
Canopy interception
Troposhere
7. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides
Convergent plate movements
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
Tidal range
8. Continental polar (dry - cold air)
Stratus clouds
Long linear arcs
- cP
Asteroids
9. Piled in waves and indicate rain or snow
Altostratus clouds
Opposite seasons
Polar air
precipitation
10. Almost all familiar weather phenomena occur in the __________ (the lower part of the atmosphere)
Troposhere
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
percolation
Nuclear fusion
11. 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
Mohs' scale of hardness
lower
Surface temperature differences
Canopy interception
12. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere
Mantle
Photosphere
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Stars
13. Scientists theorize that massive volcanic eruptions on a global scale contributed to the earth's cooling - resulting in the onset of the...
Crustal rocks
Ice Age
Percolation
The rock cycle
14. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere
Sunspots
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Scratch test
Asteroids
15. Large - scale movements of the earth's lithosphere - - The theory encompasses the older concepts of continental drift (first half of 20th century) and seafloor spreading (1960s)
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Plate tectonics
Daylight saving time zones
Chemical sedimentary rocks
16. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names
Smaller regions of the oceans
lower
Short - period comets
Deserts
17. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years
Mineral color
Orogenic zones
snow
Condensation
18. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years
Solar eclipse
Convergent tectonic plates
Groundwater
Condensation
19. 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
Diurnal
Equinoxes
Intrusive
Gravity and inertia
20. Water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil
Evapotranspiration
10000
Chemical sedimentary rocks
lower elevation
21. 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
lower elevation
Polar air
Small islands
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
22. The fossiliferous strata record is only the last __% of the earth's history
Geology
11
New moon
Galaxies
23. The precipitation that is intercepted by plant foliage and eventually evaporates back to the atmosphere rather than falling to the ground
Pacific Ring of Fire
Strata
Canopy interception
Comet
24. Two feldspars (orthoclase and plagioclase) - quartz - olivine - and augite - These five minerals are silicates - built from interlocking silicon and oxygen atoms
Surface ocean currents
Colder
Comet
The most abundant minerals in the crust
25. Seasons are marked by changes in the amount of sunlight - which in turn often cause cycles of dormancy in plants and hibernation in animals - These effects vary with latitude and with proximity to bodies of water
Transform plate movements
Moon
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Igneous rocks
26. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes
World/global ocean
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
freshwater
Nuclear fusion
27. Spiral - elliptical - and irregular form are speckled throughout the visible universe - Largest telescope has detected galaxies to its limit of several billion light - years
Types of galaxies
Condensation
Neap tide/neaps
Tectonic plates
28. 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
El Nino and La Nina
Distance
Mantle plumes
Lunar eclipse
29. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks
aquifers
Continental air
Metamorphic rocks
Clastic
30. The center of the sun may have a temperature of millions of degrees; the visible surface - the ______ - is about 6000
Equinoxes
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Photosphere
Chaotic system
31. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)
Standard time zones
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
New moon
- mT
32. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also known as biological weathering)
The distinction between asteroids and comets
Comet
Chemical weathering
46%
33. Occur along plate boundaries
Surface temperature differences
Uniformitarianism
larger planet
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
34. The result of the buildup of once - living things
Galactic center
Rocky planets and moons
Coral reef
Erosion and land use
35. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmopshere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into ____
Venus
Neap tide/neaps
Semidiurnal
clouds
36. A major determiner of coastal climate
The Gulf - Stream
Surface ocean temperature
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Short - period comets
37. 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
Rain shadow
Continental drift
Strata
Sun
38. Water returns to the land surface at __________ than where it entered - under the force of gravity or gravity - induced pressures
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Surface ocean temperature
lower elevation
Comet nuclei
39. 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
Venus
Law of original horizontality
Tidal range
Weight and mass
40. 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
The rock cycle
Differential heating
Igneous rocks
41. 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...
River
Igneous rocks
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
Canopy interception
42. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity
Solar System
larger planet
Scratch test
The distinction between asteroids and comets
43. Bodies similar to the sun but immensely distant - Closest stars are 4 light - years away
Lunar eclipse
Stars
World/global ocean
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
44. Formed from calcium carbonate - also an example of chemical sedimentary rocks - like roock salt - can contain organic or once - living matter and can record the history of that matter's formation in features such as strata - fossil evidence - and rip
Tides
Limestone
Long - period comets
Sunspots
45. Two types of mountains are formed - depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces
freshwater
Colder
Mantle
Block mountains or fold mountains
46. 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
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Semidiurnal
10000
47. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration
Mantle
Transpiration
Divergent plate movements
Surface ocean currents
48. The evaporation of these oceans is how we get most of our __________ - and their temperature determines our climate and wind patterns
The Gulf - Stream
Rainfall
Intrusive
Longitude
49. 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
cooling
lower
Crust
50. There are approx. _____ days between each lunar cycle
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
29.5
Weather phenomena on earth
Mechanical/physical weathering