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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
Fair weather
major layers that make up Earth
causes of plate movement
Water Cycle
2. Why does the moon have craters?
Because of meteors
Eclipses
Solar eclipse
tide
3. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
plate
Water Cycle
Lunar eclipse
Condensation
4. Huge clusters of billions of stars
Galaxies
After a star collapses
fossil fuels
metamorphic mean
5. Barometric Pressure
chemical weathering?
air pressure
aids in weather prediction
Neap Tides
6. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
Ring of Fire
Lunar eclipse
renewable resources
Neap Tides
7. Chunks of rocks and ice
What is salinity?
Solar eclipse
Seasons
Comets
8. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Percipitation
causes of weathering
Our solar system
9. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar
Centrifugal force
Nebula
Months
storm clouds
10. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
Neap Tides
low pressure
plate boundaries
The planets
11. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
After a star collapses
formation of soil
theory of plate tectonics
major types of rocks
12. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
The planets
Collection and runoff
Eclipses
Condensation
13. Movement of the moon around the Earth
Collection and runoff
convergent fault
Lunar Phases
theory of plate tectonics
14. What galaxy is Earth in?
chemical weathering?
The planets
Ring of Fire
Milky Way
15. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
subduction
hurricanes
Ring of Fire
ideas that support Continental drift
16. 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
How stars are classified
transform fault
renewable resources
ideas that support Continental drift
17. 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
Our solar system
cause of earthquakes
Solar eclipse
Ring of Fire
18. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole
ideas that support Continental drift
major types of rocks
causes of weathering
After a star collapses
19. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
Protostar
geological timescale
Storms
Solar eclipse
20. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
Years
The planets
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Seasons
21. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
storm clouds
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
geological timescale
The planets
22. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
Protostar
Water Cycle
The calander
effects ocean currents
23. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?
Centrifugal force
Years
Frontal System
Neap Tides
24. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
Months
formation of soil
different causes of chemical weathering
Lunar eclipse
25. Water that goes into the ground
infiltration
Water Cycle
Fair weather
Asteroids
26. 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
infiltration
air pressure
different causes of chemical weathering
Collection and runoff
27. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
Protostar
ideas that support Continental drift
After a star collapses
The planets
28. Barometer measures...
divergent fault
air pressure
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
aids in weather prediction
29. 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
infiltration
Centrifugal force
Tides
tide
30. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Protostar
Because of meteors
formation of soil
31. Chunks off rocks
shape of the Milky Way
Asteroids
rock cycle
subduction
32. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes
geological timescale
Frontal System
After a star collapses
aids in weather prediction
33. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
metamorphic mean
Lunar Phases
rock cycle
Months
34. 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
chemical weathering?
Seasons
plate
shape of the Milky Way
35. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
Evaporation
major types of rocks
renewable resources
metamorphic mean
36. 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
What is salinity?
ideas that support Continental drift
Galaxies
hurricanes
37. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
Because of meteors
cause of earthquakes
Spring Tides
Percipitation
38. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains
Our solar system
convergent fault
Frontal System
Storms
39. 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
Months
Spring Tides
renewable resources
How stars are classified
40. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
Ring of Fire
Stars
waves
Fair weather
41. 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
rock cycle
subduction
Tides
low pressure
42. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
shape of the Milky Way
ideas that support Continental drift
Water Cycle
Ring of Fire
43. 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
cause of earthquakes
low pressure
transform fault
plate
44. 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
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
aids in weather prediction
Fair weather
igneous mean
45. 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
fossil fuels
low pressure
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
46. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
igneous mean
hurricanes
Milky Way
Because of meteors
47. 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
low pressure
transform fault
chemical weathering?
48. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
Tides
Centrifugal force
waves
infiltration
49. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
shape of the Milky Way
Collection and runoff
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Frontal System
50. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
Neap Tides
Nebula
How stars are classified
What is salinity?