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CSET Science: Geology
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1. A fossil caused when the mold of the skeleton of a dead animal is filled with minerals from the bubbling water and the minerals take the shape of the skeleton
volcanoes
greenhouse effect
intrusive igneous rocks
cast fossil
2. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
runoff
deleterious
surface waves
folded mountains
3. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
precipitation
peat
seismogram
stratigraphy
4. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
divergent boundaries
upper mantle
sedimentary rocks
mold fossil
5. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
fossil
Archaan era
color
Cenzoic era
6. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
extrusive igneous rocks
Cenzoic era
subduction zone
hot spots
7. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
Ring of Fire
folded mountains
mineral grains
earthquake
8. The fourth layer of the atmosphere - which is also the hottest because the air is so thin and the temperature is up to 2000 degrees Celsius
stratosphere
divergent boundaries
thermosphere
Proterozoic era
9. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
trace fossil
Silurian period
10. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
troposphere
magma
cinder cone volcano
precipitation
11. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
subduction zone
continental drift
extrusive igneous rocks
outer core
12. Molten rock
hydrosphere
surface water
deleterious
magma
13. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
inner core
S waves
genetic mutations
fault - block mountains
14. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
natural selection
mesophere
atmosphere
magma
15. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
radiometric dating
cinder cone volcano
deleterious
Silurian period
16. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
Pangaea
peat
cinder cone volcano
cleavage
17. Era from 3.8 to 2.5 biillion years ago with the beginning of the geologic record and the formation of the first forms of rocks and bacteria
seismograph
Archaan era
cast fossil
runoff
18. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
outer core
hot spots
Ring of Fire
evaporation
19. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
exosphere
fault - block mountains
hydrosphere
Paleozoic era
20. Also known as secondary waves - these are the second - fastest seismic waves and they travel at right angles to the direction of the movement and they produce vertical and horizontal motion
S waves
subduction zone
hydrosphere
exosphere
21. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
upwarped mountains
hot spots
Pangaea
metamorphic rocks
22. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
atmosphere
fossil
trace fossil
hydrosphere
23. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
continental drift
greenhouse effect
carbon sinks
shield volcano
24. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
trace fossil
transform boundaries
common ancestor
Proterozoic era
25. The degree that a mineral reflects light
luster
seismograph
Archaan era
divergent boundaries
26. The process in which plates move and shift
Proterozoic era
tectonic plates
greenhouse effect
continental drift
27. The limited supply of water there is
variations
Proterozoic era
hydrosphere
deleterious
28. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
geologic time scale
upper mantle
Archaan era
earthquake
29. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
stratum
fossil
outer core
continental drift
30. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
intrusive igneous rocks
upper mantle
radiometric dating
hydrosphere
31. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
surface water
composite volcano/stratovolcano
inner core
lower mantle
32. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
stratosphere
trace fossil
Devonian period
S waves
33. A fossil that is caused when the skeleton of a dead animal or plant is covered in sand and water and rock and decays over time - leaving a hollow print of the skeleton
S waves
hot spots
mold fossil
mantle
34. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
runoff
Pangaea
ozone
upwarped mountains
35. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
color
subduction zone
intrusive igneous rocks
tsunami
36. The part of the Earth that we live on
surface waves
ozone
crust
cleavage
37. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
shield volcano
mesophere
Mesozoic era
Pangaea
38. A layer of rock that contains fossils
lower mantle
evaporation
seismograph
stratum
39. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
hot spots
tectonic plates
subduction zone
variations
40. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
metamorphic rocks
variations
geologic time scale
earthquake
41. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
folded mountains
metamorphic rocks
stratum
Devonian period
42. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
environmental pressures
precipitation
outer core
Ring of Fire
43. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
mesophere
geologic time scale
outer core
environmental pressures
44. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
cast fossil
faults
sedimentary rocks
cleavage
45. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
runoff
surface waves
mold fossil
transform boundaries
46. Also known as 'survival of the fittest -' the idea that the animal which is the most adjusted will survive long enough to reproduce and produce offspring that have the same types of qualities for their survival
precipitation
lower mantle
natural selection
mountain
47. Era between 245 to 65 million years ago and known as the Age of the Reptiles because this was whe nthe dinosaurs existed until a mass extinction. Pangea separates.
mesophere
peat
Mesozoic era
carbon sinks
48. Water that has infiltrated the ground
sedimentary rocks
exosphere
P waves
groundwater
49. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
transform boundaries
fossil
carbon sinks
mineral grains
50. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
subduction zone
surface water
Hadean time
divergent boundaries