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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Chemical breakdown of minerals






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. Barometric Pressure






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






23. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?






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






25. 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






26. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






27. Raising and lowering of the water level






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Barometer measures...






33. 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






34. What galaxy is Earth in?






35. Chunks of rocks and ice






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






37. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






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






39. Why does the moon have craters?






40. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






41. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






42. Movement of the moon around the Earth






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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