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CSET Earth

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Center: 3000

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2. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes






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






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






5. Faulting and folding






6. Ancient astronomers found that eclipses occurred periodically and learned to predict them accurately - Lunar and solar






7. The best determiner of climate - as it is consistently and directly correlated with temperature - other factors: Rain shadows - as well as water currents - elevation and so forth






8. The movement (carrying away or displacement) of solids (sediment - soil - rock - and other particles) - usually by the agents of currents such as wind - water - or ice by downward or down - slope movement in response to gravity






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






10. 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






11. The degrees east or west of the prime meridian through Greenwich - England






12. One tidal cycle per day






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






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






15. Comprised of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle - broken up into tectonic plates (7 major and many minor) - ride on the asthenosphere






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






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






18. 1 hour of time






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






20. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)






21. Younger beds were originally deposited above older beds






22. 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






23. Forms over land and is associated with dry air






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






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






26. Some precipitation falls as ____ and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers - which can store water for thousands of years






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






28. 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






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






30. Sun heats water in the oceans - Water evaporates as vapor into the air - Ice and snow can sublimate directly into water vapor...- Over time - the water reenters the ocean - where the water cycle started






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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.






36. The center of the sun may have a temperature of millions of degrees; the visible surface - the ______ - is about 6000






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






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






39. The result of the buildup of once - living things






40. 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






41. The resulting dust layer would act as a shield - blocking out much of the sun's rays - This would result in lower global temperatures and a general _____ of the earth






42. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific - warm current of nutrient - poor tropical water - heated by its eastward passage in the Equatorial Current - replaces the cold - nutrient - rich surface water of th






43. Formed by sodium chloride






44. When the moon is at first quarter or third quarter - the sun - earth and moon form a 90- degree (right) angle with the earth at the vertex - The combined effect of this alignment of the sun - earth - and moon results in tidal ranges on the earth - Wh






45. Water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil






46. The motive force behind land breezes and sea/lake breezes - also known as on - or off - shore winds - Land absorbs and radiates heat faster than water - but water releases heat over a longer period of time






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






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






49. Bbreaking along flat surfaces






50. The sun and oceans can also affect the weather of land - If the sun heats ocean waters for a period of time - water can evaporate - Once evaporated into the air - the moisture can spread over nearby land - thus making it cooler

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