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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
Lunar Phases
formation of soil
plate
After a star collapses
2. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
Meteors
Centrifugal force
Because of meteors
Comets
3. 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
Protostar
Collection and runoff
renewable resources
Neap Tides
4. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
Water Cycle
air pressure
waves
Nebula
5. Huge clusters of billions of stars
Galaxies
Our solar system
Lunar eclipse
chemical weathering?
6. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
Water Cycle
Milky Way
Years
plate
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
renewable resources
aids in weather prediction
The calander
major layers that make up Earth
8. 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
Tides
cause of earthquakes
Condensation
storm clouds
9. 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
causes of plate movement
What is salinity?
causes of weathering
Meteors
10. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
air pressure
theory of plate tectonics
hurricanes
The calander
11. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
Fair weather
convergent fault
plate
major layers that make up Earth
12. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
Months
Water Cycle
low pressure
plate boundaries
13. 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
different causes of chemical weathering
shape of the Milky Way
Lunar eclipse
Seasons
14. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
convergent fault
Neap Tides
Seasons
Stars
15. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth
What is salinity?
renewable resources
ideas that support Continental drift
Solar eclipse
16. Occur when the shadow of the Earth or Moon is cast onto the other body
Lunar eclipse
Eclipses
Lunar Phases
hurricanes
17. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
low pressure
plate boundaries
major layers that make up Earth
18. Arctic Air pushes down causing colder water (Pacific Coast) - Tropical Air comes up from the Gulf stream causing warmer water (Coast of Florida)
Neap Tides
Fair weather
renewable resources
effects ocean currents
19. Barometer measures...
Evaporation
major layers that make up Earth
cause of earthquakes
air pressure
20. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
Percipitation
ideas that support Continental drift
Because of meteors
Our solar system
21. 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
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Asteroids
After a star collapses
ideas that support Continental drift
22. Chunks off rocks
What is salinity?
Asteroids
major layers that make up Earth
Stars
23. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
Asteroids
Months
The planets
waves
24. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
Storms
Fair weather
storm clouds
How stars are classified
25. Movement of the moon around the Earth
Lunar Phases
fossil fuels
Water Cycle
physical weathering
26. Gas becomes a liquid vapor rises into air and cools. Water vapor (gas) changes into liquid water (clouds)
Seasons
fossil fuels
convergent fault
Condensation
27. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
divergent fault
hurricanes
Comets
How stars are classified
28. Raising and lowering of the water level
tide
different causes of chemical weathering
Tides
How stars are classified
29. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
Our solar system
ideas that support Continental drift
major layers that make up Earth
What is salinity?
30. 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
plate
The calander
causes of plate movement
transform fault
31. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
effects ocean currents
Spring Tides
tide
hurricanes
32. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
tide
physical weathering
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
infiltration
33. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains
infiltration
chemical weathering?
Spring Tides
convergent fault
34. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
Seasons
physical weathering
rock cycle
shape of the Milky Way
35. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
Lunar Phases
Water Cycle
storm clouds
Ring of Fire
36. What galaxy is Earth in?
Milky Way
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
subduction
causes of weathering
37. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
different causes of chemical weathering
Fair weather
physical weathering
shape of the Milky Way
38. Water that goes into the ground
divergent fault
infiltration
How stars are classified
major types of rocks
39. Chemical breakdown of minerals
causes of weathering
Fair weather
Milky Way
chemical weathering?
40. Two plates are moving away from each other (Mid - Oceanic Ridge)
divergent fault
Frontal System
infiltration
Centrifugal force
41. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
Protostar
Centrifugal force
convergent fault
Spring Tides
42. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
subduction
renewable resources
different causes of chemical weathering
causes of weathering
43. Where are there more extreme and low tides?
major layers that make up Earth
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Evaporation
After a star collapses
44. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
plate boundaries
rock cycle
Stars
Storms
45. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
major layers that make up Earth
renewable resources
effects ocean currents
infiltration
46. 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
Months
Lunar eclipse
What is salinity?
Milky Way
47. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
shape of the Milky Way
Neap Tides
causes of plate movement
storm clouds
48. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
plate boundaries
ideas that support Continental drift
Months
tide
49. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
metamorphic mean
How stars are classified
Solar eclipse
convergent fault
50. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum
divergent fault
fossil fuels
Comets
Ring of Fire