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CSET Earth
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1. The strength of gravity in our solar system depends on both the masses of the celestial objects and the _______ between them
Distance
Surface ocean currents
Hydrologic concepts
Mantle
2. Gas giants Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus and Neptune have diameters far larger than Earth's and have far greater masses
- mT
Weight and mass
Galactic center
Convergent tectonic plates
3. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity
11
Conglomerates
Scratch test
larger planet
4. 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...
snow
Convergent tectonic plates
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
5.6
5. On maps - the characteristics of an air mass are represented by two letters: The lowercase letter represents ________ - and the uppercase letter represents temperature
Lithosphere
Surface temperature
moisture
Erosion
6. Igneous rock that cools beneath the earth's surface - Examples: plutons - dikes - and batholiths
50-100
Clastic
Intrusive
- cP
7. 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
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Evapotranspiration
Styles of rock deformation
Differential heating
8. There are approx. _____ days between each lunar cycle
El Nino
29.5
Stars
Spring tide
9. Composed of the fragments of other types of rocks - Cover 75 to 80% of the earth's land area - Often deposited in distinct parallel layers - Weather and erosion break down other rock types into sediments - Over time - the sediments become cemented an
Solar System
5.6
Opposite seasons
Sedimentary rocks
10. 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
Convergent plate movements
Sunspots
Long - period comets
Runoff
11. Occur when two plates slip past each other - Such faults are generally moderate and are relatively shallow Example: The San Andreas Fault
Rocky planets and moons
Weather phenomena on earth
Solar System
Transform plate movements
12. 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
10000
Surface temperature
Latitude
Mohs' scale of hardness
13. Improved land - use practices can limit erosion by using techniques such as...
Weathering
Styles of rock deformation
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Venus
14. Forms over land and is associated with dry air
Coral reef
Long - period comets
Continental air
Long linear arcs
15. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)
- mP
Daylight saving time zones
Stars
Troposhere
16. Formed by sodium chloride
Convergent plate movements
Rock salt
snow
Subsurface flow
17. The degrees north or south of the equator
Latitude
Sublimation
The rock cycle
15
18. 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
Sunspots
Hydrologic cycle
Smaller regions of the oceans
Coral reef
19. 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
Surface temperature
Spring tide
snow
The geological time scale
20. Sometimes called minor planets or planetoids - Bodies
Strata
Asteroids
Canopy interception
Polar air
21. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also known as biological weathering)
Chemical weathering
Tropical air
Valley breeze
Tides
22. The variety of ways by which water moves across the land - This includes both surface runoff and channel runoff - As it flows - the water may percolate into the ground - evaporate into the air - become stored in lakes or reservoirs - or be extracted
Sunspots
Igneous rocks
Rainfall
Runoff
23. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by ___________ coming together
Convergent tectonic plates
Soil
larger planet
Surface temperature differences
24. Runoff and groundwater are stored as ________ in lakes
Percolation
Convergent plate movements
Volcano
freshwater
25. 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
Tropical air
- cP
Uniformitarianism
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
26. 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
Transpiration
percolation
Andromeda galaxy
Examples to support Continental drift theory
27. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere
Limestone
freshwater
Latitude
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
28. 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
Winter solstice
50-100
Stratus clouds
Subduction zones
29. The layers of sediment deposited in a quiet environment - Common sites of deposition are lakes - deltas at the mouths of rivers - beaches and sandbars along the coast - and (most important) the marine environment
Strata
Petroleum exploration
Intrusive
larger planet
30. 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
Estuary
Weight and mass
- cT
Comet
31. 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
Petroleum exploration
Mantle
Altostratus clouds
Cleavage
32. 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
New moon
Snowmelt
- cP
Igneous rocks
33. At any given time - regardless of season - the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience...
Neap tide/neaps
Colder
Subduction zones
Opposite seasons
34. Both gravity and inertia work together to keep planets in orbit around the sun - Inertia makes a planet travel in a straight line
Law of original horizontality
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Gravity and inertia
Coral reef
35. Smooth layers of low clouds that indicate a chance of drizzle or snow
Convergent tectonic plates
Stratus clouds
Solar eclipse
aquifers
36. Ancient astronomers found that eclipses occurred periodically and learned to predict them accurately - Lunar and solar
Convergent plate movements
Transform plate movements
Groundwater
Eclipses
37. 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
Maritime air
Sedimentary rocks
El Nino
Full moon
38. The stress is particularly severe in _________ - which are characterized by volcanism - metamorphism - deformation - and uplift
Tidal range
Terrace building - conservation tillage practices - and tree planting
Orogenic zones
Rainfall
39. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean
Eclipses
The geological time scale
Major oceans
Erosion
40. Characterized by similar temperatures and moisture levels
snow
Colder
Air mass
Tides
41. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________
10000
Galactic center
Planets
Hydrologic cycle
42. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names
larger planet
Sublimation
Solar System
Smaller regions of the oceans
43. The result of the buildup of once - living things
Minerals
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
Coral reef
River
44. Nearest galaxy - about 20 million light - years away
Inertia
Andromeda galaxy
Ice Age
Meteorology
45. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)
- mT
Extrusive
River
La Nina
46. 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
California coast
Minerals
The rock cycle
Crustal rocks
47. Huge systems of stars - Milky Way is estimated to have 100 billion stars arranged in a great disk
Mantle
Evaporation
Comet
Galaxies
48. Natural chemical compounds that are the crystals that make up rocks - Each has a specific composition or narrow range of composition
Minerals
Ice Age
Mantle plumes
Cirrus clouds
49. 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
Troposhere
Valley breeze
El Nino
Volcano
50. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the Solar System - especially on...
Rain shadow
Comet nuclei
- cT
Rocky planets and moons