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






2. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






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






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






5. Chunks of rocks and ice






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Chemical breakdown of minerals






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






24. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






25. 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






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






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






28. Movement of the moon around the Earth






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Barometric Pressure






34. 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






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






36. Chunks off rocks






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






38. Barometer measures...






39. 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






40. Why does the moon have craters?






41. 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






42. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






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






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