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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science

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






2. What galaxy is Earth in?






3. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






10. 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






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






12. Huge clusters of billions of stars






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






14. 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






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






16. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






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






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






19. 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






20. Chunks off rocks






21. 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






22. Chemical breakdown of minerals






23. Raising and lowering of the water level






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






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






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






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






28. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






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






30. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






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






32. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Barometer measures...






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






43. Barometric Pressure






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






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






46. Movement of the moon around the Earth






47. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






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






49. 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






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