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CSET Earth

Subjects : cset, science
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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. Forms south of the Arctic and is cold






2. The science of the atmosphere and weather






3. 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






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






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. Faulting and folding






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






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






10. Formed by sodium chloride






11. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)






12. 4 terrestrials: Mercury - Venus - Mars - Earth 4 gas giants: Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune At least 5 dwarf planets: Ceres - Pluto - Makemake - Haumea - Eris






13. Condensed water vapor that falls to the earth's surface - Most precipitation occurs as rain - but also includes snow - hail - fog drip - graupel - and sleet






14. Around a new or full moon - when the sun - moon - and the earth form a line - the tidal forces due to the sun reinforce those of the moon - The tide's range is at a maximum and is called a spring tide (spring as in 'to jump/leap -' not the season)






15. Form when dissolved mineral solutions crystalize out of lakes and oceans






16. 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






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






18. Tends to move slowly and is replenished slowly - and so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years






19. 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...






20. 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






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






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






23. Classified as warm - water or cold - water currents






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






25. Seas - gulfs - bays - and other names






26. Human civilization has lasted only _____ years






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






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






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






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






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






32. An individual weighing 200 lbs on Earth would weigh more on a _______________ - Weight is a function of gravity






33. 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






34. This upslope wind is called a...






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


36. How much matter is in the object






37. 1 hour of time






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






39. Somewhat cooler disturbances in the photosphere






40. The degrees north or south of the equator






41. 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






42. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...






50. 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