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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
Stars
tide
plate
Percipitation
2. What galaxy is Earth in?
Tides
rock cycle
Milky Way
Months
3. Liquid changes to a gas; caused bysun heating up bodies of water. The liquid water becomes vapor (gas)
Evaporation
Asteroids
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Centrifugal force
4. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes
major layers that make up Earth
geological timescale
Nebula
ideas that support Continental drift
5. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
different causes of chemical weathering
air pressure
major types of rocks
effects ocean currents
6. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
Water Cycle
hurricanes
major layers that make up Earth
Milky Way
7. 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
Our solar system
divergent fault
plate
8. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis
Comets
convergent fault
The calander
air pressure
9. Where are there more extreme and low tides?
subduction
Stars
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
How stars are classified
10. Arctic Air pushes down causing colder water (Pacific Coast) - Tropical Air comes up from the Gulf stream causing warmer water (Coast of Florida)
effects ocean currents
Seasons
tide
aids in weather prediction
11. Huge clusters of billions of stars
Collection and runoff
air pressure
Protostar
Galaxies
12. 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
Stars
waves
Because of meteors
13. Barometer measures...
theory of plate tectonics
air pressure
Condensation
Comets
14. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
air pressure
ideas that support Continental drift
Protostar
How stars are classified
15. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
The planets
subduction
Lunar Phases
Because of meteors
16. Divergent - convergiant - and transform
Spring Tides
causes of weathering
plate boundaries
major types of rocks
17. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
cause of earthquakes
Ring of Fire
Water Cycle
Our solar system
18. The Moon is between the Earth and the sun; The moon blocks light from the sun so the sun doesn't reach Earth
Nebula
Tides
The calander
Solar eclipse
19. Highs want to equalize which causes high winds - causing...
The planets
How stars are classified
effects ocean currents
hurricanes
20. 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
Collection and runoff
Nebula
major layers that make up Earth
Comets
21. Chunks off rocks
Stars
Asteroids
Because of meteors
Years
22. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar
geological timescale
Nebula
major layers that make up Earth
Water Cycle
23. Caused by warm and cool air colliding
Because of meteors
igneous mean
Frontal System
Collection and runoff
24. 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
igneous mean
renewable resources
Ring of Fire
What is salinity?
25. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
Milky Way
air pressure
Comets
Meteors
26. 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
Meteors
Our solar system
geological timescale
27. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?
Protostar
major layers that make up Earth
Comets
Centrifugal force
28. 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
Milky Way
igneous mean
causes of plate movement
What is salinity?
29. 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
Tides
ideas that support Continental drift
transform fault
Meteors
30. Movement of the moon around the Earth
tide
Our solar system
Eclipses
Lunar Phases
31. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
storm clouds
renewable resources
major types of rocks
Neap Tides
32. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
Seasons
The calander
Protostar
causes of weathering
33. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
different causes of chemical weathering
formation of soil
metamorphic mean
Lunar eclipse
34. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
theory of plate tectonics
Storms
Months
Lunar eclipse
35. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
Tides
Solar eclipse
Spring Tides
After a star collapses
36. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
Because of meteors
effects ocean currents
waves
ideas that support Continental drift
37. Occurs when an older oceanic plate is pushed unmder a younger oceanic plate. The shifting plates can cause earthquakes - volcanoes - and mountains
Comets
subduction
Storms
How stars are classified
38. Occur when the shadow of the Earth or Moon is cast onto the other body
Eclipses
Seasons
Milky Way
divergent fault
39. Chemical breakdown of minerals
Collection and runoff
Fair weather
theory of plate tectonics
chemical weathering?
40. Water that goes into the ground
infiltration
Eclipses
Solar eclipse
cause of earthquakes
41. 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
Fair weather
Tides
Water Cycle
effects ocean currents
42. 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
transform fault
hurricanes
Solar eclipse
Lunar eclipse
43. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
Our solar system
Fair weather
Spring Tides
How stars are classified
44. Raising and lowering of the water level
storm clouds
The calander
causes of plate movement
tide
45. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
Comets
hurricanes
ideas that support Continental drift
physical weathering
46. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
How stars are classified
Percipitation
Months
Milky Way
47. Water falling to the Earth; cloud droplets become to heavy. They fall - the effect is percipitation (rain - snow - sleet - hail)
causes of weathering
Percipitation
divergent fault
Years
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
causes of weathering
Years
subduction
renewable resources
49. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
Lunar Phases
major layers that make up Earth
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
igneous mean
50. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
different causes of chemical weathering
Years
Fair weather
Tides