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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
theory of plate tectonics
infiltration
Ring of Fire
Evaporation
2. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
Months
Storms
geological timescale
formation of soil
3. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
shape of the Milky Way
Protostar
different causes of chemical weathering
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
4. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
Years
Meteors
ideas that support Continental drift
How stars are classified
5. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
Neap Tides
Evaporation
tide
ideas that support Continental drift
6. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth
igneous mean
physical weathering
Solar eclipse
ideas that support Continental drift
7. Occur when the shadow of the Earth or Moon is cast onto the other body
Eclipses
Fair weather
hurricanes
Percipitation
8. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
tide
cause of earthquakes
metamorphic mean
Stars
9. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
Eclipses
major layers that make up Earth
plate boundaries
Condensation
10. 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
igneous mean
How stars are classified
Water Cycle
Ring of Fire
11. 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
low pressure
divergent fault
different causes of chemical weathering
Collection and runoff
12. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes
geological timescale
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
After a star collapses
The calander
13. 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
Meteors
renewable resources
causes of plate movement
Months
14. Chunks of rocks and ice
plate boundaries
metamorphic mean
major layers that make up Earth
Comets
15. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
geological timescale
Seasons
Neap Tides
plate
16. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
physical weathering
air pressure
low pressure
Months
17. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
physical weathering
Storms
low pressure
Nebula
18. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
Eclipses
waves
hurricanes
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
19. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar
causes of plate movement
plate
Storms
Nebula
20. 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
Percipitation
What is salinity?
Storms
Months
21. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
Eclipses
different causes of chemical weathering
air pressure
Collection and runoff
22. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
causes of weathering
Ring of Fire
different causes of chemical weathering
What is salinity?
23. 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
cause of earthquakes
The calander
rock cycle
low pressure
24. Barometer measures...
Seasons
chemical weathering?
air pressure
Meteors
25. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
Our solar system
Nebula
tide
rock cycle
26. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
transform fault
After a star collapses
infiltration
theory of plate tectonics
27. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
Tides
Meteors
Eclipses
Frontal System
28. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
Frontal System
metamorphic mean
causes of plate movement
storm clouds
29. 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?
ideas that support Continental drift
Protostar
Lunar eclipse
30. 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
Years
Ring of Fire
transform fault
major types of rocks
31. What galaxy is Earth in?
Milky Way
subduction
Neap Tides
Lunar Phases
32. Barometric Pressure
causes of plate movement
The planets
aids in weather prediction
low pressure
33. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
Spring Tides
Fair weather
causes of weathering
How stars are classified
34. 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
rock cycle
Tides
transform fault
Eclipses
35. Gas becomes a liquid vapor rises into air and cools. Water vapor (gas) changes into liquid water (clouds)
Asteroids
Months
Neap Tides
Condensation
36. Why does the moon have craters?
shape of the Milky Way
igneous mean
Frontal System
Because of meteors
37. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
Evaporation
Percipitation
Our solar system
fossil fuels
38. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
chemical weathering?
divergent fault
storm clouds
Asteroids
39. 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
Because of meteors
Fair weather
hurricanes
40. Where are there more extreme and low tides?
igneous mean
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Nebula
storm clouds
41. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
What is salinity?
chemical weathering?
shape of the Milky Way
waves
42. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?
Neap Tides
air pressure
The planets
Centrifugal force
43. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
Milky Way
Asteroids
plate boundaries
The planets
44. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis
subduction
The calander
Lunar eclipse
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
45. 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
Spring Tides
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Seasons
Collection and runoff
46. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
low pressure
theory of plate tectonics
different causes of chemical weathering
Meteors
47. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
Years
chemical weathering?
physical weathering
divergent fault
48. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
Tides
transform fault
shape of the Milky Way
plate boundaries
49. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
Evaporation
storm clouds
subduction
ideas that support Continental drift
50. Raising and lowering of the water level
Months
Eclipses
Galaxies
tide