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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
How stars are classified
chemical weathering?
plate boundaries
Percipitation
2. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
subduction
storm clouds
Frontal System
Evaporation
3. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
Because of meteors
Water Cycle
Neap Tides
rock cycle
4. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
formation of soil
Ring of Fire
Asteroids
convergent fault
5. 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
The planets
theory of plate tectonics
low pressure
What is salinity?
6. Barometer measures...
Condensation
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
air pressure
Evaporation
7. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
Storms
How stars are classified
causes of weathering
Neap Tides
8. 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
Meteors
cause of earthquakes
divergent fault
storm clouds
9. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
physical weathering
Galaxies
Percipitation
infiltration
10. 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
Ring of Fire
Meteors
Stars
ideas that support Continental drift
11. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth
Solar eclipse
Nebula
chemical weathering?
Water Cycle
12. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
Our solar system
Months
Galaxies
Years
13. Why does the moon have craters?
rock cycle
Spring Tides
Meteors
Because of meteors
14. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
subduction
Stars
After a star collapses
major layers that make up Earth
15. Barometric Pressure
aids in weather prediction
Stars
Our solar system
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
16. Chemical breakdown of minerals
physical weathering
Asteroids
chemical weathering?
theory of plate tectonics
17. Chunks of rocks and ice
ideas that support Continental drift
major layers that make up Earth
Comets
hurricanes
18. 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
subduction
waves
theory of plate tectonics
transform fault
19. 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
igneous mean
plate boundaries
What is salinity?
chemical weathering?
20. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
rock cycle
Neap Tides
ideas that support Continental drift
Spring Tides
21. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
transform fault
Nebula
Meteors
22. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
different causes of chemical weathering
After a star collapses
Frontal System
Percipitation
23. Huge clusters of billions of stars
Galaxies
Solar eclipse
renewable resources
igneous mean
24. 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
Because of meteors
theory of plate tectonics
divergent fault
25. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
air pressure
Evaporation
plate boundaries
aids in weather prediction
26. 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
Lunar eclipse
Nebula
Frontal System
Storms
27. What galaxy is Earth in?
chemical weathering?
Milky Way
rock cycle
ideas that support Continental drift
28. Movement of the moon around the Earth
Collection and runoff
theory of plate tectonics
Lunar Phases
Water Cycle
29. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
The calander
ideas that support Continental drift
low pressure
subduction
30. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
Fair weather
physical weathering
Storms
How stars are classified
31. 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
Stars
Protostar
causes of plate movement
Because of meteors
32. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
aids in weather prediction
major layers that make up Earth
Collection and runoff
Condensation
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
fossil fuels
Protostar
Seasons
The planets
34. 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
hurricanes
Neap Tides
metamorphic mean
rock cycle
35. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
Months
Seasons
renewable resources
Spring Tides
36. Water that goes into the ground
Years
Evaporation
plate boundaries
infiltration
37. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
theory of plate tectonics
Months
effects ocean currents
Fair weather
38. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
hurricanes
The calander
igneous mean
The planets
39. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis
How stars are classified
rock cycle
Centrifugal force
The calander
40. 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
igneous mean
transform fault
chemical weathering?
41. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
Frontal System
physical weathering
hurricanes
Storms
42. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes
infiltration
geological timescale
After a star collapses
Neap Tides
43. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
storm clouds
physical weathering
Because of meteors
subduction
44. 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
geological timescale
Ring of Fire
causes of plate movement
renewable resources
45. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
Our solar system
After a star collapses
Seasons
different causes of chemical weathering
46. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
air pressure
theory of plate tectonics
low pressure
Galaxies
47. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains
The calander
After a star collapses
convergent fault
hurricanes
48. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
Years
different causes of chemical weathering
causes of weathering
How stars are classified
49. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar
Nebula
Asteroids
Eclipses
Lunar eclipse
50. Two plates are moving away from each other (Mid - Oceanic Ridge)
transform fault
divergent fault
hurricanes
After a star collapses