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






2. 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






3. Topsoil - Subsoil - Parent rock - Bedrock






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Barometric Pressure






8. Water that goes into the ground






9. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






10. 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






11. Divergent - convergiant - and transform






12. 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






13. Movement of the moon around the Earth






14. What galaxy is Earth in?






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






16. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. What does Low Pressure usually indicate?






26. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






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






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






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






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






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






32. Chemical breakdown of minerals






33. Chunks off rocks






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






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






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






37. Huge clusters of billions of stars






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






39. Chunks of rocks and ice






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






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






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






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






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






45. Barometer measures...






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force - igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar