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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth 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. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis






2. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains






3. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides






4. What galaxy is Earth in?






5. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...






6. Area of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific plate. The subduction plate movement causes the production of volcanoes. Westcoast of the US and the East Coast of Asia






7. Movement of the moon around the Earth






8. Igneous (burning molten rock magma turns to lava when it reaches the surface - hardens very quickly causing imperfections) ex. granite - Metamorphic (baked by pressure underground) ex. diamond (pure) - Sedimentary - ex. sand - sandstone






9. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes






10. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...






11. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth






12. Why does the moon have craters?






13. From fire (ignite) the formation of igneous rocks occurs when hot molten rock cools or solidifies. Igneous rock can be produced deep in the Earth from magma or on the surface of the Earth from lava






14. Are caused by the Earth's tilt on its axis. As it revolves around the sun - the tilt causes each hemisphere to receive more direct exposure at certain times in its orbit






15. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)






16. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.






17. As plates move - strain is placed on the lithosphere. Due to the ridgity of the lithosphere - stress is built up until rocks move or brak - producing a fault. As the rocks break - energy is released in the form of waves. These waves move through the






18. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure






19. Refers to the amount of dissolved salt in the ocean. salinity level is lower at the mouth of a river due to the flow of fresh water into the saltwater. Areas with high temp. (equator) or low temp. areas (Arctic and Antarctic Oceans) salinity is highe






20. Occur when the shadow of the Earth or Moon is cast onto the other body






21. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune






22. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms






23. Is one that can be reused - regrown - recycled - or is not consumed with use. These are resources that can be conserved. ex. solar energy - hydroelectric and wind power - and geothermal energy






24. Arctic Air pushes down causing colder water (Pacific Coast) - Tropical Air comes up from the Gulf stream causing warmer water (Coast of Florida)






25. There are similarities of living species and identified fossils found in the continents of today that are the same. Reptiles in South America and Africa. Fossils of the same plants in India and Australia. Unique variety of garden snail found in easte






26. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice






27. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records






28. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)






29. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?






30. Gas becomes a liquid vapor rises into air and cools. Water vapor (gas) changes into liquid water (clouds)






31. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






32. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar






33. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser






34. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart






35. The convection current is produced by the heating of the mantle rock - as the rock is heated it moves up toward the lithosphere where it cools and begins to be pulled back toward the center of the Earth by gravity






36. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars






37. Water that goes into the ground






38. Chemical breakdown of minerals






39. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides






40. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






41. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force






42. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth






43. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






44. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud






45. Raising and lowering of the water level






46. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






47. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)






48. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains






49. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






50. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...