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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
Lunar eclipse
waves
major layers that make up Earth
Percipitation
2. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?
Centrifugal force
rock cycle
plate boundaries
Protostar
3. Where are there more extreme and low tides?
Our solar system
igneous mean
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
waves
4. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
major types of rocks
The planets
Frontal System
Solar eclipse
5. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
tide
storm clouds
Lunar Phases
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
6. Barometer measures...
air pressure
theory of plate tectonics
Frontal System
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
7. Chunks off rocks
Galaxies
Asteroids
causes of weathering
Tides
8. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
shape of the Milky Way
After a star collapses
Comets
low pressure
9. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
After a star collapses
Condensation
air pressure
The planets
10. 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
renewable resources
transform fault
air pressure
Water Cycle
11. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
Comets
metamorphic mean
divergent fault
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
12. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum
The planets
effects ocean currents
fossil fuels
causes of weathering
13. 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
causes of plate movement
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Galaxies
Asteroids
14. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
Our solar system
Condensation
igneous mean
ideas that support Continental drift
15. Barometric Pressure
Years
physical weathering
Condensation
aids in weather prediction
16. 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
major types of rocks
Collection and runoff
storm clouds
igneous mean
17. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
igneous mean
infiltration
Stars
After a star collapses
18. Chunks of rocks and ice
The calander
Comets
major types of rocks
Meteors
19. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
shape of the Milky Way
Neap Tides
Tides
Lunar eclipse
20. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
Water Cycle
Tides
low pressure
ideas that support Continental drift
21. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar
Fair weather
low pressure
Nebula
Comets
22. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
Years
tide
theory of plate tectonics
ideas that support Continental drift
23. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
Spring Tides
geological timescale
causes of weathering
Milky Way
24. Huge clusters of billions of stars
plate boundaries
metamorphic mean
low pressure
Galaxies
25. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
causes of plate movement
rock cycle
Protostar
hurricanes
26. Water that goes into the ground
Fair weather
Evaporation
Eclipses
infiltration
27. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
subduction
major types of rocks
waves
ideas that support Continental drift
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
formation of soil
Lunar eclipse
major layers that make up Earth
hurricanes
29. 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
Centrifugal force
Water Cycle
cause of earthquakes
Solar eclipse
30. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
Years
theory of plate tectonics
renewable resources
plate
31. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
formation of soil
Meteors
The calander
major layers that make up Earth
32. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
convergent fault
How stars are classified
physical weathering
air pressure
33. 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
storm clouds
Condensation
Neap Tides
34. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
causes of weathering
Collection and runoff
convergent fault
Nebula
35. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
divergent fault
waves
Lunar eclipse
low pressure
36. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes
Protostar
geological timescale
Our solar system
causes of plate movement
37. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
fossil fuels
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Percipitation
formation of soil
38. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
Protostar
Spring Tides
hurricanes
Condensation
39. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
Lunar Phases
Tides
Neap Tides
Milky Way
40. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
aids in weather prediction
Protostar
ideas that support Continental drift
effects ocean currents
41. Occur when the shadow of the Earth or Moon is cast onto the other body
geological timescale
different causes of chemical weathering
Eclipses
Asteroids
42. 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
Tides
Months
transform fault
43. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
Years
major layers that make up Earth
aids in weather prediction
Condensation
44. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
How stars are classified
igneous mean
Our solar system
plate boundaries
45. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
plate
Fair weather
Ring of Fire
transform fault
46. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
different causes of chemical weathering
causes of weathering
shape of the Milky Way
How stars are classified
47. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
major layers that make up Earth
cause of earthquakes
ideas that support Continental drift
Lunar eclipse
48. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis
The calander
cause of earthquakes
Milky Way
tide
49. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
convergent fault
theory of plate tectonics
air pressure
Meteors
50. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
Months
renewable resources
causes of plate movement
cause of earthquakes