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CSET Multiple Subject: Earth Science
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1. 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
plate
Ring of Fire
causes of weathering
2. Are based on the moon's revolution around the Earth
storm clouds
chemical weathering?
Months
transform fault
3. Why does the moon have craters?
Frontal System
The planets
convergent fault
Because of meteors
4. Everything that surrounds a star (sun); its made up of numerous bodies which orbit the sun due to centrifugal force
After a star collapses
The calander
Our solar system
Spring Tides
5. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock
Lunar Phases
Seasons
ideas that support Continental drift
formation of soil
6. Water that goes into the ground
infiltration
geological timescale
Tides
fossil fuels
7. Inner Core (solid metal - nickel - and iron) - Outer Core (liquid metal - magnetic force) - Mantle (rock) - Crust (thin layer)
Because of meteors
major layers that make up Earth
After a star collapses
Ring of Fire
8. Two plates are moving away from each other (Mid - Oceanic Ridge)
Ring of Fire
infiltration
Collection and runoff
divergent fault
9. Spiral disk with several long arms; Earth is in one of the arms
geological timescale
Fair weather
What is salinity?
shape of the Milky Way
10. Warm water rises and leaves a low pressure - causing...
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Neap Tides
low pressure
Milky Way
11. What does High Pressure usually indicate?
ideas that support Continental drift
Frontal System
The calander
Fair weather
12. A portion of the rigid crust that moves
theory of plate tectonics
waves
plate
effects ocean currents
13. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser
Solar eclipse
The calander
Eclipses
Protostar
14. My very educated mama just served us nachos - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
Collection and runoff
The planets
divergent fault
renewable resources
15. Occur when the shadow of the Earth or Moon is cast onto the other body
aids in weather prediction
Eclipses
Months
subduction
16. Carbonization (carbon dioxide) - Hydration - Oxidation (rust)
Collection and runoff
different causes of chemical weathering
air pressure
convergent fault
17. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles; they form from the gravitational collapse of a diffuse interstellar cloud
low pressure
Stars
igneous mean
causes of weathering
18. Created by the wind - which stirs the ocean's surface over greater distances
aids in weather prediction
waves
Tides
The calander
19. A nonstop movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
Asteroids
causes of plate movement
Water Cycle
Lunar Phases
20. Chemical breakdown of minerals
chemical weathering?
Galaxies
convergent fault
effects ocean currents
21. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum
plate
fossil fuels
igneous mean
Condensation
22. Gas becomes a liquid vapor rises into air and cools. Water vapor (gas) changes into liquid water (clouds)
Condensation
geological timescale
Eclipses
different causes of chemical weathering
23. All the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super continent' called Pangaea Over time the continents drifted apart
rock cycle
theory of plate tectonics
Seasons
chemical weathering?
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
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
Ring of Fire
Meteors
formation of soil
25. 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
Galaxies
evidence that supports the Pangaea thory
formation of soil
Eclipses
26. Based on the Earth's revolution around the sun
Because of meteors
Years
Lunar Phases
Seasons
27. Two plates colliding. One plate moves under the other plate - usually producing mountains
Eclipses
causes of weathering
convergent fault
Tides
28. When the moon and sun are in alignment; both working to pull on Earth; extreme tides
Tides
plate
Spring Tides
infiltration
29. Where are there more extreme and low tides?
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
tide
Comets
How stars are classified
30. 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
Asteroids
shape of the Milky Way
Comets
What is salinity?
31. 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
transform fault
air pressure
Centrifugal force
divergent fault
32. Movement of the moon around the Earth
storm clouds
Evaporation
Lunar Phases
Eclipses
33. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes
Eclipses
geological timescale
Tides
Ring of Fire
34. 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
theory of plate tectonics
divergent fault
geological timescale
Seasons
35. 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
fossil fuels
formation of soil
Lunar eclipse
storm clouds
36. Chunks off rocks
Seasons
shape of the Milky Way
Asteroids
low pressure
37. Hot water rises and takes particles with it - causing...
Frontal System
storm clouds
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Solar eclipse
38. 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
Ring of Fire
cause of earthquakes
igneous mean
formation of soil
39. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet
Isolated bodies of water - inlet areas of land
Meteors
shape of the Milky Way
Neap Tides
40. Sea - floor spreading - the 'puzzle piece' argument and fossil records
ideas that support Continental drift
renewable resources
aids in weather prediction
low pressure
41. Chemical means (acid rain) or physical means (wind - rain - and ice
Nebula
The calander
Centrifugal force
causes of weathering
42. Days are based on the Earth's rotation on its axis
subduction
Ring of Fire
The calander
Months
43. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides
shape of the Milky Way
Collection and runoff
divergent fault
Neap Tides
44. Water enters cracks of rocks - water freezes and expands - causing rocks to break into pieces.
The planets
tide
After a star collapses
physical weathering
45. Raising and lowering of the water level
fossil fuels
How stars are classified
tide
Seasons
46. Changed in form; the rock changes occur due to extreme heat and pressure
plate
metamorphic mean
rock cycle
Solar eclipse
47. 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
shape of the Milky Way
Collection and runoff
infiltration
48. By the Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram. The HRD illustrates the relationship between the absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification - and effective temp. of stars
divergent fault
waves
convergent fault
How stars are classified
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
theory of plate tectonics
Months
Tides
Lunar Phases
50. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?
infiltration
cause of earthquakes
Storms
theory of plate tectonics