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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






6. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Chemical breakdown of minerals






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Why does the moon have craters?






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






22. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






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






24. Chunks of rocks and ice






25. Barometer measures...






26. 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






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






28. Compression of biological matter (dead organic matter) - beneath layers of sedimentary rock; hydrocarbon compound such as coal - natural gas - or petroleum






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






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






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






32. When the moon and sun are pulling at perpendicular angles; less extreme tides






33. A portion of the rigid crust that moves






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






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






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






37. Huge clusters of billions of stars






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






39. What galaxy is Earth in?






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






41. Chunks off rocks






42. Barometric Pressure






43. 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






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






45. Movement of the moon around the Earth






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






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






48. Water that goes into the ground






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






50. 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