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






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






3. What galaxy is Earth in?






4. Raising and lowering of the water level






5. Magma cools to produce igneous rock which can undergo more heat and pressure to become metamorphic rock - On the surface of the Earth - igneous rock which undergos weathering can become sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rock can be buried which can cause






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






7. 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






8. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)






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






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






11. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






12. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






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






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






15. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






16. Why does the moon have craters?






17. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum






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






19. 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






20. Huge clusters of billions of stars






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






22. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole






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






24. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






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






26. 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






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






28. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun






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






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






31. Chunks off rocks






32. 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






33. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis






34. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






35. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






36. Water that goes into the ground






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






48. Two plates are moving away from each other (Mid - Oceanic Ridge)






49. Water soaks into the ground. Water collects on Earth's surface. Sometimes it runs off before collecting. The effect is lakes - ponds - oceans - rivers and streams






50. Chemical breakdown of minerals