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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
Centrifugal force
ideas that support Continental drift
Neap Tides
The planets
2. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
transform fault
metamorphic mean
geological timescale
waves
3. 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
Collection and runoff
The calander
tide
Months
4. 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
Asteroids
Tides
storm clouds
plate
5. 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
low pressure
different causes of chemical weathering
cause of earthquakes
Evaporation
6. Chunks off rocks
plate
igneous mean
Asteroids
ideas that support Continental drift
7. Why does the moon have craters?
Because of meteors
effects ocean currents
Galaxies
Seasons
8. 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
Seasons
ideas that support Continental drift
What is salinity?
rock cycle
9. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum
Asteroids
fossil fuels
waves
major layers that make up Earth
10. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes
Meteors
geological timescale
Evaporation
convergent fault
11. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
The planets
ideas that support Continental drift
air pressure
different causes of chemical weathering
12. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
Comets
Protostar
plate
Eclipses
13. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
fossil fuels
effects ocean currents
causes of plate movement
low pressure
14. 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
cause of earthquakes
Seasons
physical weathering
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
15. Huge clusters of billions of stars
divergent fault
theory of plate tectonics
igneous mean
Galaxies
16. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
Seasons
Meteors
shape of the Milky Way
transform fault
17. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
Stars
hurricanes
Frontal System
Our solar system
18. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
convergent fault
waves
chemical weathering?
Lunar eclipse
19. Where are there more extreme and low tides?
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Fair weather
The calander
Milky Way
20. 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
divergent fault
Water Cycle
Spring Tides
renewable resources
21. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
convergent fault
air pressure
storm clouds
chemical weathering?
22. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
aids in weather prediction
Condensation
Meteors
Months
23. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
subduction
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
divergent fault
Stars
24. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
tide
plate boundaries
chemical weathering?
Stars
25. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
Centrifugal force
transform fault
Months
tide
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
chemical weathering?
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Lunar eclipse
storm clouds
27. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth
After a star collapses
waves
renewable resources
Solar eclipse
28. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
aids in weather prediction
Galaxies
shape of the Milky Way
Protostar
29. Arctic Air pushes down causing colder water (Pacific Coast) - Tropical Air comes up from the Gulf stream causing warmer water (Coast of Florida)
How stars are classified
Evaporation
effects ocean currents
Tides
30. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
Water Cycle
Meteors
major types of rocks
Evaporation
31. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
Spring Tides
Our solar system
Years
chemical weathering?
32. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar
Ring of Fire
Nebula
Months
The planets
33. 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
physical weathering
air pressure
Evaporation
major types of rocks
34. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
How stars are classified
Asteroids
waves
35. 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
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
igneous mean
low pressure
Lunar Phases
36. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
Protostar
geological timescale
cause of earthquakes
After a star collapses
37. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
Condensation
Milky Way
Percipitation
Stars
38. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
Storms
causes of weathering
Stars
Frontal System
39. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
physical weathering
Months
cause of earthquakes
Solar eclipse
40. 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
fossil fuels
Protostar
Ring of Fire
ideas that support Continental drift
41. Raising and lowering of the water level
Galaxies
fossil fuels
tide
different causes of chemical weathering
42. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
geological timescale
Eclipses
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Evaporation
43. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
Storms
How stars are classified
Solar eclipse
divergent fault
44. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
After a star collapses
The planets
formation of soil
45. 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
Our solar system
Lunar Phases
transform fault
cause of earthquakes
46. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains
convergent fault
tide
Stars
Ring of Fire
47. Water that goes into the ground
theory of plate tectonics
plate boundaries
infiltration
hurricanes
48. Chemical breakdown of minerals
chemical weathering?
plate boundaries
Percipitation
transform fault
49. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
The calander
After a star collapses
Solar eclipse
Neap Tides
50. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
different causes of chemical weathering
fossil fuels
aids in weather prediction
Evaporation
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