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






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






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






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






5. Chunks of rocks and ice






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






7. 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






8. Why does the moon have craters?






9. 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






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






11. Transforms into an adult star - as the star converts its fuel into more massive elements and compounds - it becomes denser






12. 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






13. Where are there more extreme and low tides?






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






21. Movement of the moon around the Earth






22. Caused by warm and cool air colliding






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






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






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






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






27. What does High Pressure usually indicate?






28. Barometric Pressure






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Barometer measures...






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






38. Huge clusters of billions of stars






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. Chunks of rocks that strike a planet






46. 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






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






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






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






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