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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






2. Chunks off rocks






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






4. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?






5. Occur when the shadow of the Earth or Moon is cast onto the other body






6. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains






7. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






8. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune






9. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






10. 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






11. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force






12. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms






13. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...






14. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun






15. 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






16. Why does the moon have craters?






17. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






18. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides






19. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records






20. 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






21. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)






22. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances






23. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart






24. 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






25. 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






26. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






27. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






28. Movement of the moon around the Earth






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






30. 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






31. Gas becomes a liquid vapor rises into air and cools. Water vapor (gas) changes into liquid water (clouds)






32. Raising and lowering of the water level






33. Two plates are moving away from each other (Mid - Oceanic Ridge)






34. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides






35. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud






36. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






37. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.






38. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice






39. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure






40. Barometer measures...






41. What galaxy is Earth in?






42. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)






43. Huge clusters of billions of stars






44. Chemical breakdown of minerals






45. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)






46. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum






47. 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






48. 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






49. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...






50. Based on its mass and other factors it will become either a brown dwarf - white dwarf - neutron star - nova - or a black hole