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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
different causes of chemical weathering
Solar eclipse
Meteors
Years
2. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
divergent fault
Meteors
metamorphic mean
plate boundaries
3. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar
Nebula
causes of plate movement
convergent fault
shape of the Milky Way
4. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
different causes of chemical weathering
Frontal System
causes of weathering
Solar eclipse
5. Barometer measures...
air pressure
ideas that support Continental drift
Meteors
shape of the Milky Way
6. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
tide
Lunar Phases
Frontal System
Evaporation
7. Arctic Air pushes down causing colder water (Pacific Coast) - Tropical Air comes up from the Gulf stream causing warmer water (Coast of Florida)
different causes of chemical weathering
How stars are classified
effects ocean currents
causes of plate movement
8. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
Years
Eclipses
Spring Tides
Frontal System
9. Barometric Pressure
aids in weather prediction
Solar eclipse
effects ocean currents
Comets
10. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis
tide
The calander
Collection and runoff
Because of meteors
11. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains
Frontal System
Spring Tides
Meteors
convergent fault
12. 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
hurricanes
theory of plate tectonics
transform fault
fossil fuels
13. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
After a star collapses
causes of plate movement
Because of meteors
major layers that make up Earth
14. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
Months
Years
What is salinity?
major layers that make up Earth
15. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
storm clouds
theory of plate tectonics
How stars are classified
Protostar
16. 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
Collection and runoff
What is salinity?
Because of meteors
storm clouds
17. 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
Collection and runoff
chemical weathering?
igneous mean
ideas that support Continental drift
18. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?
Centrifugal force
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
How stars are classified
causes of plate movement
19. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
What is salinity?
Stars
Collection and runoff
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
20. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
Fair weather
Evaporation
tide
ideas that support Continental drift
21. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
hurricanes
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Percipitation
Because of meteors
22. 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
Spring Tides
physical weathering
ideas that support Continental drift
Tides
23. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
theory of plate tectonics
low pressure
What is salinity?
Comets
24. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
waves
plate boundaries
subduction
transform fault
25. What galaxy is Earth in?
Milky Way
waves
metamorphic mean
plate
26. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
Fair weather
theory of plate tectonics
Tides
causes of plate movement
27. Water that goes into the ground
infiltration
cause of earthquakes
geological timescale
major types of rocks
28. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
Ring of Fire
formation of soil
different causes of chemical weathering
Protostar
29. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes
geological timescale
effects ocean currents
Nebula
theory of plate tectonics
30. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
waves
Ring of Fire
How stars are classified
Condensation
31. Huge clusters of billions of stars
Galaxies
effects ocean currents
Eclipses
theory of plate tectonics
32. 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
Asteroids
Spring Tides
infiltration
rock cycle
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
infiltration
Centrifugal force
Seasons
major types of rocks
34. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
air pressure
ideas that support Continental drift
How stars are classified
Neap Tides
35. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
Storms
Ring of Fire
Meteors
infiltration
36. 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
chemical weathering?
Ring of Fire
Evaporation
Eclipses
37. 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
Meteors
hurricanes
igneous mean
plate
38. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
causes of plate movement
physical weathering
Eclipses
subduction
39. Raising and lowering of the water level
tide
subduction
Centrifugal force
major types of rocks
40. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
Spring Tides
Seasons
Fair weather
subduction
41. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
Water Cycle
air pressure
storm clouds
ideas that support Continental drift
42. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
air pressure
Centrifugal force
Our solar system
tide
43. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
shape of the Milky Way
waves
Years
The planets
44. 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
plate
How stars are classified
transform fault
45. 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
Storms
cause of earthquakes
geological timescale
Lunar eclipse
46. 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
Protostar
Ring of Fire
low pressure
cause of earthquakes
47. Why does the moon have craters?
geological timescale
Because of meteors
causes of plate movement
After a star collapses
48. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
The planets
transform fault
How stars are classified
Milky Way
49. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
Our solar system
low pressure
storm clouds
cause of earthquakes
50. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
subduction
hurricanes
waves
rock cycle