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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. Chunks off rocks






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. Why does the moon have craters?






9. 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






10. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






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






12. What causes our solar system to orbit the sun?






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






14. Movement of the moon around the Earth






15. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






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






17. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






18. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Chunks of rocks and ice






24. 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






25. Raising and lowering of the water level






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






32. Barometer measures...






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






34. 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






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






36. What galaxy is Earth in?






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






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






39. Chemical breakdown of minerals






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






41. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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