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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
convergent fault
Percipitation
waves
Fair weather
2. 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
low pressure
Eclipses
storm clouds
What is salinity?
3. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
Years
Storms
plate
waves
4. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
chemical weathering?
Galaxies
The calander
Percipitation
5. Arctic Air pushes down causing colder water (Pacific Coast) - Tropical Air comes up from the Gulf stream causing warmer water (Coast of Florida)
tide
effects ocean currents
Comets
Seasons
6. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
ideas that support Continental drift
After a star collapses
low pressure
Percipitation
7. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
Frontal System
theory of plate tectonics
transform fault
aids in weather prediction
8. 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
Solar eclipse
Because of meteors
igneous mean
Years
9. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum
subduction
Evaporation
hurricanes
fossil fuels
10. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
low pressure
After a star collapses
subduction
renewable resources
11. Barometric Pressure
rock cycle
aids in weather prediction
Storms
effects ocean currents
12. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
Condensation
Evaporation
Collection and runoff
different causes of chemical weathering
13. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
physical weathering
Collection and runoff
Protostar
major layers that make up Earth
14. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
Fair weather
Because of meteors
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
major layers that make up Earth
15. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
Spring Tides
different causes of chemical weathering
Months
major layers that make up Earth
16. 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
Because of meteors
Lunar Phases
convergent fault
major types of rocks
17. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
Evaporation
Collection and runoff
Our solar system
physical weathering
18. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
metamorphic mean
The planets
formation of soil
shape of the Milky Way
19. Gas becomes a liquid vapor rises into air and cools. Water vapor (gas) changes into liquid water (clouds)
transform fault
shape of the Milky Way
Nebula
Condensation
20. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
shape of the Milky Way
metamorphic mean
Meteors
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
21. 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
How stars are classified
Protostar
cause of earthquakes
Collection and runoff
22. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis
Ring of Fire
Comets
metamorphic mean
The calander
23. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
Neap Tides
causes of weathering
Milky Way
hurricanes
24. 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
transform fault
theory of plate tectonics
Storms
Protostar
25. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
geological timescale
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
metamorphic mean
Frontal System
26. Chunks off rocks
How stars are classified
Our solar system
Storms
Asteroids
27. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
subduction
Meteors
hurricanes
Comets
28. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
Meteors
Centrifugal force
ideas that support Continental drift
geological timescale
29. Movement of the moon around the Earth
Lunar Phases
The calander
air pressure
Collection and runoff
30. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
igneous mean
causes of weathering
After a star collapses
Collection and runoff
31. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
cause of earthquakes
storm clouds
Lunar eclipse
The calander
32. 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
Because of meteors
aids in weather prediction
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
effects ocean currents
33. What galaxy is Earth in?
Milky Way
waves
rock cycle
physical weathering
34. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
Spring Tides
hurricanes
physical weathering
Stars
35. 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
Solar eclipse
renewable resources
36. Occur when the shadow of the Earth or Moon is cast onto the other body
Collection and runoff
Eclipses
The planets
Solar eclipse
37. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
divergent fault
major types of rocks
How stars are classified
causes of weathering
38. Chunks of rocks and ice
Stars
Comets
fossil fuels
transform fault
39. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
low pressure
Years
cause of earthquakes
formation of soil
40. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
physical weathering
fossil fuels
The calander
Water Cycle
41. Two plates are moving away from each other (Mid - Oceanic Ridge)
causes of weathering
How stars are classified
divergent fault
infiltration
42. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
Because of meteors
Collection and runoff
subduction
Frontal System
43. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
Storms
Years
subduction
Ring of Fire
44. Raising and lowering of the water level
tide
chemical weathering?
causes of weathering
air pressure
45. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?
formation of soil
air pressure
Frontal System
Centrifugal force
46. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
Storms
low pressure
transform fault
Spring Tides
47. Water that goes into the ground
Percipitation
infiltration
causes of plate movement
subduction
48. 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
rock cycle
Milky Way
Seasons
Percipitation
49. 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
geological timescale
Meteors
rock cycle
What is salinity?
50. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
physical weathering
different causes of chemical weathering
renewable resources
Frontal System