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CSET Earth

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1. Texture is important in classifying ______ sedimentary rocks






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. Less than 1% of the earth; this relatively thin zone (5 to 25 miles) contains the only rocks we can study - even in the deepest mines or drill holes






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Loose collections of ice - dust - and small rocky particles - measuring a few kilometers or tens of kilometers across






15. 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






16. How much matter is in the object






17. Mountains blocking the path of precipitation to the desert






18. 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






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






20. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths






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






22. Test the item against materials of known hardness; for example - use your fingernail or the graphite in a pencil to attempt to scratch the items. This process should result in assigning a relative hardness to the unknown items.






23. Forms south of the Arctic and is cold






24. 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






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

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26. 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






27. The evaporation of these oceans is how we get most of our __________ - and their temperature determines our climate and wind patterns






28. Piled in waves and indicate rain or snow






29. Forms over water and is associated with wet air






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






31. Igneous rock that forms on the earth's surface - Examples obsidian - basalt - and pumice






32. 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...






33. 186000 miles/second






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






35. A semi - closed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it - and with a free connection to the open sea - Often associated with high levels of biological diversity - They are made up of brackish water - Often given names






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. There are approx. _____ days between each lunar cycle






41. Divided into two main types: large - low- density gas giants and smaller - rocky terrestrials - There are at least 341 identified _______ - 8 of which are in the Solar System






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






43. The fossiliferous strata record is only the last __% of the earth's history






44. Earth movements - The result of forces within the earth - where temperature and pressure differences lead to instability






45. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus






46. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses






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






48. 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






49. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names






50. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration







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