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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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Instructions:
  • 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. Chemical breakdown of minerals






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






3. Water that goes into the ground






4. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances






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






6. Why does the moon have craters?






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






8. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






9. Chunks off rocks






10. Barometer measures...






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






21. Chunks of rocks and ice






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






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






24. Barometric Pressure






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






26. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






27. 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






28. What galaxy is Earth in?






29. Are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun on Earth; moon has greater effect on the tides because its closer than the sun






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






37. 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






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






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






40. Movement of the moon around the Earth






41. Raising and lowering of the water level






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






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






44. Two plates sliding past each other; up and down and back and forth (San Andrea's Fault) transform faults occur where plates do not move under or away from each other






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






46. The moon and sun are on opposite sides of the Earth. The Earth blocks the sun casting its shadow on the moon; there's no light on the moon






47. 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






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






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






50. 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