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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






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






3. 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






4. Huge clusters of billions of stars






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






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






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






17. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






18. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...






19. What galaxy is Earth in?






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Why does the moon have craters?






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Barometric Pressure






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






37. Chemical breakdown of minerals






38. 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






39. Barometer measures...






40. Movement of the moon around the Earth






41. 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






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






43. Chunks off rocks






44. 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






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






46. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






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






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






49. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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