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