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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
aids in weather prediction
Seasons
Tides
Water Cycle
2. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
shape of the Milky Way
Seasons
geological timescale
3. 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
different causes of chemical weathering
low pressure
transform fault
Stars
4. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
Neap Tides
metamorphic mean
plate
transform fault
5. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
chemical weathering?
rock cycle
cause of earthquakes
formation of soil
6. 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
Centrifugal force
effects ocean currents
tide
Collection and runoff
7. Huge clusters of billions of stars
Galaxies
Spring Tides
metamorphic mean
hurricanes
8. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
Water Cycle
low pressure
theory of plate tectonics
Neap Tides
9. 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
Comets
storm clouds
cause of earthquakes
After a star collapses
10. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
Frontal System
different causes of chemical weathering
low pressure
What is salinity?
11. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
The calander
Our solar system
Because of meteors
major types of rocks
12. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
subduction
The planets
Our solar system
Comets
13. Barometer measures...
Ring of Fire
air pressure
tide
plate boundaries
14. Occur when the shadow of the Earth or Moon is cast onto the other body
Collection and runoff
Solar eclipse
Eclipses
cause of earthquakes
15. 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
Lunar eclipse
Ring of Fire
Comets
Frontal System
16. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
Galaxies
Meteors
formation of soil
Because of meteors
17. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
ideas that support Continental drift
After a star collapses
transform fault
Solar eclipse
18. Why does the moon have craters?
Nebula
Spring Tides
Because of meteors
cause of earthquakes
19. Barometric Pressure
Neap Tides
geological timescale
Water Cycle
aids in weather prediction
20. Chunks of rocks and ice
Comets
The calander
low pressure
shape of the Milky Way
21. 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
major layers that make up Earth
Because of meteors
Collection and runoff
22. 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
Lunar Phases
The calander
Tides
Storms
23. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
divergent fault
Our solar system
theory of plate tectonics
Tides
24. Chunks off rocks
infiltration
Asteroids
Fair weather
Lunar Phases
25. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
formation of soil
Tides
chemical weathering?
Stars
26. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?
Centrifugal force
Spring Tides
Tides
Lunar eclipse
27. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
Water Cycle
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Months
Ring of Fire
28. 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
Eclipses
waves
rock cycle
transform fault
29. 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
Ring of Fire
Frontal System
Months
How stars are classified
30. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
causes of weathering
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
different causes of chemical weathering
Eclipses
31. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
The calander
physical weathering
igneous mean
Months
32. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
Lunar eclipse
Years
aids in weather prediction
major layers that make up Earth
33. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
tide
infiltration
Evaporation
plate boundaries
34. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth
Asteroids
subduction
air pressure
Solar eclipse
35. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
plate boundaries
Spring Tides
Evaporation
After a star collapses
36. Where are there more extreme and low tides?
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
cause of earthquakes
Eclipses
tide
37. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
Galaxies
waves
Meteors
Years
38. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
Eclipses
shape of the Milky Way
air pressure
infiltration
39. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
chemical weathering?
aids in weather prediction
infiltration
How stars are classified
40. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
Because of meteors
Years
Months
convergent fault
41. 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
Galaxies
Seasons
Frontal System
How stars are classified
42. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
infiltration
Spring Tides
different causes of chemical weathering
What is salinity?
43. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
hurricanes
tide
convergent fault
Percipitation
44. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
Protostar
Milky Way
Meteors
waves
45. Gas becomes a liquid vapor rises into air and cools. Water vapor (gas) changes into liquid water (clouds)
Condensation
Our solar system
The planets
Protostar
46. Water that goes into the ground
shape of the Milky Way
infiltration
Tides
transform fault
47. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
hurricanes
Fair weather
tide
Storms
48. Two plates are moving away from each other (Mid - Oceanic Ridge)
The calander
divergent fault
different causes of chemical weathering
Ring of Fire
49. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum
physical weathering
fossil fuels
Lunar Phases
air pressure
50. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
subduction
After a star collapses
Comets
transform fault