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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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Instructions:
  • 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. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...






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






3. Chemical breakdown of minerals






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. Why does the moon have craters?






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






17. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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






19. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






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






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






22. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






23. 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






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






25. Barometric Pressure






26. What galaxy is Earth in?






27. Chunks off rocks






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






29. Barometer measures...






30. Movement of the moon around the Earth






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






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






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






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






35. Chunks of rocks and ice






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






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






38. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






39. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Raising and lowering of the water level






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






46. Huge clusters of billions of stars






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






48. Water that goes into the ground






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






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