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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






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






3. Raising and lowering of the water level






4. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis






5. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains






6. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






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






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






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






10. Arctic Air pushes down causing colder water (Pacific Coast) - Tropical Air comes up from the Gulf stream causing warmer water (Coast of Florida)






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Barometric Pressure






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






22. 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






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






24. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)






25. 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






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






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






28. Chunks off rocks






29. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






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






31. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth






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






33. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






34. 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






35. 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






36. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...






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






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






39. Barometer measures...






40. 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






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






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






43. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser






44. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air






45. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars






46. 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






47. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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






49. Chemical breakdown of minerals






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