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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
shape of the Milky Way
Stars
subduction
Milky Way
2. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains
Collection and runoff
convergent fault
Condensation
Solar eclipse
3. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
Nebula
Lunar Phases
Neap Tides
Lunar eclipse
4. Two plates are moving away from each other (Mid - Oceanic Ridge)
The planets
How stars are classified
Storms
divergent fault
5. Barometer measures...
chemical weathering?
divergent fault
Lunar eclipse
air pressure
6. 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
major layers that make up Earth
Comets
Collection and runoff
Ring of Fire
7. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
low pressure
major types of rocks
Centrifugal force
plate boundaries
8. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
causes of weathering
plate boundaries
theory of plate tectonics
shape of the Milky Way
9. 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
cause of earthquakes
What is salinity?
Lunar eclipse
Nebula
10. 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
geological timescale
causes of plate movement
theory of plate tectonics
11. Barometric Pressure
renewable resources
Solar eclipse
Tides
aids in weather prediction
12. 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
Eclipses
major layers that make up Earth
Fair weather
13. 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
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
The planets
waves
14. 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
transform fault
causes of plate movement
cause of earthquakes
renewable resources
15. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
low pressure
Our solar system
causes of plate movement
infiltration
16. Chunks off rocks
Collection and runoff
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Asteroids
Seasons
17. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
Protostar
Condensation
igneous mean
different causes of chemical weathering
18. Why does the moon have craters?
Collection and runoff
Because of meteors
Solar eclipse
Lunar eclipse
19. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?
Months
formation of soil
Centrifugal force
Comets
20. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
Water Cycle
transform fault
ideas that support Continental drift
Our solar system
21. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum
physical weathering
fossil fuels
Solar eclipse
formation of soil
22. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
physical weathering
plate boundaries
Water Cycle
igneous mean
23. 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
transform fault
Spring Tides
Storms
24. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
Lunar Phases
Storms
different causes of chemical weathering
cause of earthquakes
25. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
Tides
Fair weather
tide
How stars are classified
26. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
formation of soil
After a star collapses
Neap Tides
Meteors
27. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
Frontal System
storm clouds
Galaxies
Percipitation
28. Movement of the moon around the Earth
Months
Lunar Phases
fossil fuels
Neap Tides
29. 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
hurricanes
Lunar eclipse
What is salinity?
Years
30. Where are there more extreme and low tides?
storm clouds
The planets
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Fair weather
31. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
hurricanes
Ring of Fire
Spring Tides
Months
32. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
How stars are classified
The calander
Comets
Centrifugal force
33. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
metamorphic mean
Months
Water Cycle
Comets
34. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
Our solar system
causes of plate movement
low pressure
Evaporation
35. Raising and lowering of the water level
Condensation
plate boundaries
tide
Spring Tides
36. Huge clusters of billions of stars
Galaxies
chemical weathering?
Comets
shape of the Milky Way
37. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
igneous mean
theory of plate tectonics
causes of weathering
physical weathering
38. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
chemical weathering?
Tides
Asteroids
Years
39. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth
subduction
Solar eclipse
infiltration
Years
40. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
Nebula
Evaporation
Protostar
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
41. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
Protostar
igneous mean
Months
shape of the Milky Way
42. 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
The planets
fossil fuels
rock cycle
aids in weather prediction
43. 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
ideas that support Continental drift
transform fault
igneous mean
subduction
44. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
Meteors
Protostar
formation of soil
Ring of Fire
45. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
Nebula
plate
causes of weathering
waves
46. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
ideas that support Continental drift
Milky Way
Ring of Fire
Neap Tides
47. What galaxy is Earth in?
Milky Way
aids in weather prediction
What is salinity?
Meteors
48. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
major layers that make up Earth
tide
Protostar
Tides
49. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
Water Cycle
Percipitation
After a star collapses
Spring Tides
50. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
Milky Way
shape of the Milky Way
Percipitation
Neap Tides