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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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  • 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. Why does the moon have craters?






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






10. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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






12. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






13. Huge clusters of billions of stars






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






15. Barometer measures...






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Chunks off rocks






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






29. 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






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






31. Water that goes into the ground






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






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






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






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






36. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






37. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Chemical breakdown of minerals






46. 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






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






48. Movement of the moon around the Earth






49. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






50. 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