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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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






2. Chunks off rocks






3. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






4. 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






5. Barometric Pressure






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






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






8. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






9. 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






10. 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






11. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






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






13. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






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






15. 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






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






17. What galaxy is Earth in?






18. 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






19. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






20. 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






21. Chemical breakdown of minerals






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






23. 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






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






25. Water that goes into the ground






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






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






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






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






30. Raising and lowering of the water level






31. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars






32. 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






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






35. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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






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






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






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






41. Chunks of rocks and ice






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






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






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






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







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