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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Chunks of rocks and ice






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






3. Chemical breakdown of minerals






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Movement of the moon around the Earth






11. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






12. Huge clusters of billions of stars






13. 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






14. 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






15. What galaxy is Earth in?






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






17. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes






30. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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






32. 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






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






34. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






43. Why does the moon have craters?






44. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






45. Barometric Pressure






46. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






47. Barometer measures...






48. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth






49. 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






50. Raising and lowering of the water level