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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Percipitation
low pressure
ideas that support Continental drift
2. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
waves
divergent fault
plate
ideas that support Continental drift
3. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
Storms
Galaxies
What is salinity?
different causes of chemical weathering
4. 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
major types of rocks
Solar eclipse
Eclipses
convergent fault
5. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
waves
Tides
subduction
fossil fuels
6. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
tide
Water Cycle
geological timescale
Because of meteors
7. Why does the moon have craters?
geological timescale
Percipitation
The calander
Because of meteors
8. 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
Galaxies
cause of earthquakes
tide
ideas that support Continental drift
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
divergent fault
causes of plate movement
low pressure
Ring of Fire
10. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
hurricanes
Stars
Years
aids in weather prediction
11. 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
Milky Way
Collection and runoff
rock cycle
Nebula
12. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
Because of meteors
After a star collapses
cause of earthquakes
storm clouds
13. 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
Condensation
Storms
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Lunar Phases
14. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
The planets
Eclipses
Condensation
Because of meteors
15. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
causes of weathering
physical weathering
Lunar Phases
Meteors
16. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
Eclipses
Lunar eclipse
Galaxies
shape of the Milky Way
17. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
metamorphic mean
The calander
The planets
Galaxies
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
Ring of Fire
Spring Tides
infiltration
Tides
19. 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
Evaporation
How stars are classified
Stars
rock cycle
20. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
aids in weather prediction
Collection and runoff
hurricanes
Frontal System
21. Gas becomes a liquid vapor rises into air and cools. Water vapor (gas) changes into liquid water (clouds)
Our solar system
renewable resources
geological timescale
Condensation
22. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
After a star collapses
How stars are classified
Water Cycle
major layers that make up Earth
23. 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
causes of plate movement
tide
igneous mean
Seasons
24. Raising and lowering of the water level
tide
waves
Fair weather
Galaxies
25. Movement of the moon around the Earth
Lunar Phases
effects ocean currents
Our solar system
waves
26. Arctic Air pushes down causing colder water (Pacific Coast) - Tropical Air comes up from the Gulf stream causing warmer water (Coast of Florida)
effects ocean currents
Fair weather
Evaporation
igneous mean
27. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
subduction
renewable resources
storm clouds
plate boundaries
28. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
low pressure
storm clouds
tide
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
29. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum
fossil fuels
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
ideas that support Continental drift
hurricanes
30. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
Meteors
Centrifugal force
Storms
causes of weathering
31. 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
Evaporation
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
causes of weathering
32. Chunks of rocks and ice
plate
Percipitation
plate boundaries
Comets
33. 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
Comets
Fair weather
Seasons
causes of plate movement
34. Chemical breakdown of minerals
formation of soil
Centrifugal force
chemical weathering?
Spring Tides
35. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
Months
The planets
theory of plate tectonics
Fair weather
36. 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
formation of soil
rock cycle
The calander
What is salinity?
37. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
Evaporation
igneous mean
Centrifugal force
How stars are classified
38. Water that goes into the ground
Seasons
infiltration
Months
Lunar eclipse
39. Chunks off rocks
geological timescale
Condensation
Asteroids
Water Cycle
40. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
The planets
Because of meteors
Protostar
Evaporation
41. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
Solar eclipse
Percipitation
geological timescale
Neap Tides
42. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
physical weathering
Storms
Percipitation
renewable resources
43. Barometric Pressure
Years
Storms
aids in weather prediction
Evaporation
44. 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
Lunar eclipse
transform fault
waves
Protostar
45. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
waves
Neap Tides
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
causes of plate movement
46. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
Water Cycle
What is salinity?
geological timescale
After a star collapses
47. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
ideas that support Continental drift
The calander
Because of meteors
causes of weathering
48. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
renewable resources
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
divergent fault
theory of plate tectonics
49. 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
transform fault
infiltration
Nebula
Collection and runoff
50. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
After a star collapses
Tides
Percipitation
hurricanes