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CSET Earth

Subjects : cset, science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Take up about 1/3 of the earth's land surface - many are formed by rain shadows - Usually have a large diurnal (day) and seasonal temperature range - with high daytime temperatures






2. One tidal cycle per day






3. Sometimes called minor planets or planetoids - Bodies






4. 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)






5. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus






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






7. The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere






8. 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






9. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat - water - ice - and pressure






10. (or summer time zones) include an offset (typically +1 hour) for daylight saving time






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






12. 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






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






14. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also known as biological weathering)






15. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by ___________ coming together






16. 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






17. How much matter is in the object






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

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19. Huge systems of stars - Milky Way is estimated to have 100 billion stars arranged in a great disk






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






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






22. The North Pole is in the Arctic Ocean - and thus its temperature extremes are buffered by the water - The result is that the South Pole is consistently _______ during the southern winter than the North Pole during the northern winter






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






24. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides






25. The stress is particularly severe in _________ - which are characterized by volcanism - metamorphism - deformation - and uplift






26. 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






27. Forms over the Tropics and is warm






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






29. Spiral - elliptical - and irregular form are speckled throughout the visible universe - Largest telescope has detected galaxies to its limit of several billion light - years






30. Cause pressure differences - A hot surface heats the air above it and the air expands - lowering the air pressure and its density






31. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities






32. The earth is believed to be about ___ billion years old






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. Two feldspars (orthoclase and plagioclase) - quartz - olivine - and augite - These five minerals are silicates - built from interlocking silicon and oxygen atoms






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. Refers to the long - term weather patterns of a large geographical area and takes into account temperature - humidity - and precipitation






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






41. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds






42. Typically the tidal mouths of rivers and are often characterized by _____________ or silt carried in from terrestrial runoff - frequently from offshore






43. - The materials left over after the rock breaks down combine with organic material - The mineral content is determined by the parent material; thus - a soil derived from a single rock type can often be deficient in one or more minerals for good ferti






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






45. The science of the atmosphere and weather






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






47. Theory that the earth's continents were originally united as a supercontinent - Pangaea - Established by Alfred Wegener in the early 1900s






48. 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






49. This upslope wind is called a...






50. 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