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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. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






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






3. Raising and lowering of the water level






4. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






5. 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






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






8. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






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






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






11. 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






12. Barometric Pressure






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






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






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






16. Chunks of rocks and ice






17. Why does the moon have craters?






18. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air






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. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?






21. 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






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






23. Water that goes into the ground






24. Chemical breakdown of minerals






25. 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






26. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






27. What galaxy is Earth in?






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






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






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






31. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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






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






34. Huge clusters of billions of stars






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






48. Barometer measures...






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






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