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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Barometer measures...
ideas that support Continental drift
storm clouds
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
air pressure
2. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
waves
ideas that support Continental drift
Frontal System
shape of the Milky Way
3. 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
Milky Way
effects ocean currents
rock cycle
plate boundaries
4. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
shape of the Milky Way
Collection and runoff
major layers that make up Earth
Nebula
5. Chemical breakdown of minerals
convergent fault
hurricanes
metamorphic mean
chemical weathering?
6. 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
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Percipitation
effects ocean currents
subduction
7. Where are there more extreme and low tides?
Seasons
convergent fault
The calander
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
8. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
Spring Tides
Storms
What is salinity?
transform fault
9. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
Lunar Phases
different causes of chemical weathering
metamorphic mean
renewable resources
10. Two plates are moving away from each other (Mid - Oceanic Ridge)
physical weathering
Neap Tides
Years
divergent fault
11. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
major types of rocks
ideas that support Continental drift
Neap Tides
Nebula
12. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains
formation of soil
fossil fuels
metamorphic mean
convergent fault
13. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
infiltration
geological timescale
hurricanes
transform fault
14. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
Neap Tides
Our solar system
Storms
Comets
15. What galaxy is Earth in?
plate boundaries
Milky Way
divergent fault
physical weathering
16. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
major types of rocks
causes of plate movement
storm clouds
Neap Tides
17. 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
storm clouds
Seasons
What is salinity?
Tides
18. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum
fossil fuels
waves
plate boundaries
low pressure
19. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
Seasons
Evaporation
transform fault
hurricanes
20. Movement of the moon around the Earth
different causes of chemical weathering
Centrifugal force
Lunar Phases
theory of plate tectonics
21. 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
Meteors
Neap Tides
Lunar eclipse
physical weathering
22. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
The planets
theory of plate tectonics
rock cycle
tide
23. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
Fair weather
Lunar Phases
How stars are classified
shape of the Milky Way
24. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
Years
Neap Tides
Percipitation
different causes of chemical weathering
25. Huge clusters of billions of stars
Galaxies
formation of soil
How stars are classified
theory of plate tectonics
26. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
major layers that make up Earth
theory of plate tectonics
Months
Lunar Phases
27. Arctic Air pushes down causing colder water (Pacific Coast) - Tropical Air comes up from the Gulf stream causing warmer water (Coast of Florida)
divergent fault
effects ocean currents
rock cycle
ideas that support Continental drift
28. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
Seasons
chemical weathering?
After a star collapses
Frontal System
29. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth
Collection and runoff
Seasons
Asteroids
Solar eclipse
30. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
Frontal System
Stars
Tides
Comets
31. 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
low pressure
Spring Tides
Evaporation
Seasons
32. 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
Ring of Fire
transform fault
renewable resources
geological timescale
33. Chunks of rocks and ice
Stars
Comets
transform fault
Percipitation
34. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis
The calander
chemical weathering?
igneous mean
air pressure
35. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
ideas that support Continental drift
transform fault
The planets
Years
36. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
Frontal System
Because of meteors
Fair weather
Protostar
37. Why does the moon have craters?
Spring Tides
renewable resources
Frontal System
Because of meteors
38. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
divergent fault
After a star collapses
plate boundaries
plate
39. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
Ring of Fire
physical weathering
chemical weathering?
hurricanes
40. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
Percipitation
The planets
causes of weathering
How stars are classified
41. 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
Years
divergent fault
cause of earthquakes
low pressure
42. 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
major types of rocks
fossil fuels
How stars are classified
43. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
geological timescale
Our solar system
Years
Ring of Fire
44. Gas becomes a liquid vapor rises into air and cools. Water vapor (gas) changes into liquid water (clouds)
Condensation
Centrifugal force
Fair weather
How stars are classified
45. 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
transform fault
major types of rocks
Centrifugal force
Storms
46. 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
Evaporation
plate
shape of the Milky Way
47. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
plate
storm clouds
physical weathering
Storms
48. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
Water Cycle
geological timescale
causes of weathering
Spring Tides
49. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
physical weathering
Frontal System
Centrifugal force
rock cycle
50. Water that goes into the ground
rock cycle
igneous mean
geological timescale
infiltration