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CSET Earth

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1. Tides may be...






2. 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






3. 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






4. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the...

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5. 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






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






7. Pulls the planets toward the sun - while their inertia keeps them moving forward in an elliptical orbit around the sun

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8. Officially defined as sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of magnitude greater than 0.5






9. Solar Atmosphere is divided into the inner chromosphere with explosive prominences and the outer corona - a glowing halo visible only during a total eclipse - Constantly emitting particles as a...






10. Both gravity and inertia work together to keep planets in orbit around the sun - Inertia makes a planet travel in a straight line






11. 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






12. The process in which one type of rock changes into another






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






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






15. At any given time - regardless of season - the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience...






16. Method of using the present to interpret the past - Processes occurring today are observed carefully and their effects are measured - Then - geologists assume that similar effects in ancient rocks were caused by processes similar to those of the pres






17. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus






18. Defined by geometrically subdividing the earth's spheroid into 24 lunes (wedge - shaped sections) - bordered by meridians - each 15






19. Oceans cover __ of the earth's surface






20. The atmosphere is a __________ - and so small changes to one part of the system can grow to have large effects on the system as a whole - This makes it difficult to accurately predict weather more than a few days in advance






21. Forms south of the Arctic and is cold






22. Nearest galaxy - about 20 million light - years away






23. The source of energy for evaporation is primarily through ___________






24. 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






25. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)






26. 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






27. 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






28. Volcanoes are generally found where ________ are diverging or converging






29. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks






30. Erosion in many places is increased by human land use - Poor land - use practices include deforestation - overgrazing - unmanaged construction activity - and road building






31. The precipitation that is intercepted by plant foliage and eventually evaporates back to the atmosphere rather than falling to the ground






32. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...






33. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere






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






35. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes ________ - which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time






36. 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






37. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris






38. The tendency of a moving object to stay in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place - Without _______ - a planet would be pulled into the sun






39. Forms over the Tropics and is warm






40. Common: wind - clouds - rain - snow - fog - dust storms - Less common: natural disasters such as tornadoes - hurricanes - and ice storms






41. Two types of mountains are formed - depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces






42. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition






43. The major mountains tend to occur in __________ - indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity






44. Occur when two plates pull away from each other - Such faults are generally weak and shallow Example: the Mid - Atlantic Range in the Atlantic Ocean






45. 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






46. On maps - the characteristics of an air mass are represented by two letters: The lowercase letter represents ________ - and the uppercase letter represents temperature






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






48. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity






49. 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)






50. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds







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