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