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CSET Earth

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds






2. Sedimentary rocks containing large fragments of other rock material - e.g. Sandstone






3. Paleontology: Fossil evidence indicates the similarity of fossils on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean - Continental 'jigsaw puzzle': The outlines of the continents seem to fit together






4. The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air - producing clouds and fog






5. Almost all familiar weather phenomena occur in the __________ (the lower part of the atmosphere)






6. Volcanoes can be caused by '____________'; these so - called hotspots - as in Hawaii - can occur far from plate boundaries






7. The tidal force produced by the sun is ____ as large as that produced by the moon






8. Two high waters and two low waters each day - in most locations - tides are semidiurnal






9. 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






10. Bbreaking along flat surfaces






11. One tidal cycle per day






12. Rocks are placed into groups according to how they form...






13. Some isolated mountains were produced by volcanoes - including many apparently ________ that reach a great height above the ocean floor






14. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)






15. The process of chemical or physical breakdown of earth rocks - soils - and their minerals






16. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)






17. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)






18. Faulting and folding






19. Weather occurs primarily due to density (temperature and moisture) differences between one location and another - These differences can occur due to the angle of the sun at any particular spot - which varies by latitude from the tropics






20. Forms over water and is associated with wet air






21. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years






22. Air currents move clouds around the globe and cloud particles collide - grow - and fall out of the sky as ________ - Most of it falls back into the oceans or onto land - where the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff - portion of run






23. Human civilization has lasted only _____ years






24. 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






25. A ______________ - such as the Mid - Atlantic Ridge - has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart






26. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere






27. 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






28. Formed by sodium chloride






29. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as...






30. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean






31. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather






32. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names






33. 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)






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






37. Thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt - or associated scattered discs - which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune






38. 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






39. Continental polar (dry - cold air)






40. Under solar conditions - gases are undergoing _____ to heavier elements with the increase of prodigious quantities of energy






41. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmopshere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into ____






42. 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)






43. The state change where a solid (ice or snow) changes directly to a gas (water vapor)






44. Water returns to the land surface at __________ than where it entered - under the force of gravity or gravity - induced pressures






45. Comprises one global - interconnected body of salt water often (though generally recognized as several separate oceans) - A continuous body of water with relatively free interchange among its parts






46. A land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area - with a peak - Usually produced by the movement of lithospheric plates






47. 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






48. Can thaw and melt - and the ensuing water flows overland as snowmelt






49. Used to arrange strata in a standard order - Used to measure the amount of radioactive decay in minerals and calculate the time at which the rock formed






50. 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