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CSET Earth

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  • 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. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels






2. 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)






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






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






5. A natural flow of water - usually freshwater - traveling toward an ocean - a lake - or another stream






6. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________






7. Occurs at the instant when the sun's position in the sky is at its greatest angular distance on the other side of the equatorial plane from the observer's hemisphere - Depending on the shift of the calendar - the winter solstice occurs some time betw






8. Precipitation - Canopy interception - Snowmelt - Runoff - Percolation - Subsurface flow- Evaporation - Sublimation - Condensation






9. Sometimes called minor planets or planetoids - Bodies






10. Occur when two plates slip past each other - Such faults are generally moderate and are relatively shallow Example: The San Andreas Fault






11. 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






12. 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






13. Stars with the highest ___________ appear blue - while stars with the lowest surface temperature appear red






14. Water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil






15. 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






16. 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...






17. Bbreaking along flat surfaces






18. 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






19. 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






20. Faulting and folding






21. Forms over the Tropics and is warm






22. The strength of gravity in our solar system depends on both the masses of the celestial objects and the _______ between them






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






24. Occur along plate boundaries






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






26. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually






27. The rising of the earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the moon and the sun acting on the oceans






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






29. Large - dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Occurs when the moon sets at sunset - Then the moon is between the earth and the sun - so we see only the dark half of the moon






39. Largest zone of the planet (68%); crystalline silicates - rich in magnesium - calcium - and iron; very hot and mainly solid - but local melting to magma is the source of volcanic eruptions






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather






44. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)






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






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






47. 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






48. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...






49. A huge ball of incandescent gases - Its mass is more than 300000 times that of the earth - Principal constituents are the lightest elements - hydrogen and helium






50. The cold - water current that flows north to south off the _____________ keeps the West Coast fairly cool during the summer - Cold - water currents create cooler temperatures in areas that would otherwise be much warmer







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