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CSET Science: Geology
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1. A harbor wave that occurs when there is a violent disturbance deep below the ocean - like an earthquake - which creates a wave that stores a huge amount of energy
tsunami
Pangaea
hardnes
cinder cone volcano
2. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
hot spots
cinder cone volcano
faults
trace fossil
3. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
faults
environmental pressures
carbon sinks
runoff
4. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
hot spots
Pangaea
troposphere
magma
5. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
Hadean time
transform boundaries
outer core
extrusive igneous rocks
6. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
tectonic plates
natural selection
cinder cone volcano
crust
7. 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
seismograph
Ring of Fire
deleterious
cast fossil
8. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
carbon sinks
outer core
shield volcano
faults
9. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
composite volcano/stratovolcano
Devonian period
greenhouse effect
volcanoes
10. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
S waves
magma
mineral grains
continental drift
11. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
lower mantle
sedimentary rocks
volcanoes
Proterozoic era
12. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
hydrosphere
trace fossil
ozone
intrusive igneous rocks
13. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
surface waves
precipitation
tsunami
mantle
14. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
tsunami
exosphere
environmental pressures
cleavage
15. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
seismogram
hardnes
hydrosphere
surface water
16. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
mesophere
extrusive igneous rocks
precipitation
fossil
17. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
deleterious
common ancestor
radiometric dating
inner core
18. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
deleterious
cinder cone volcano
convergent boundaries
common ancestor
19. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
tsunami
hot spots
radiometric dating
faults
20. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
carbon sinks
infiltration
color
Cenzoic era
21. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
mold fossil
evaporation
sedimentary rocks
Ring of Fire
22. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
extrusive igneous rocks
upwarped mountains
radiometric dating
greenhouse effect
23. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
thermosphere
cleavage
peat
body fossil
24. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
seismograph
atmosphere
inner core
natural selection
25. The part of the Earth that we live on
mantle
surface water
crust
deleterious
26. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
mold fossil
natural selection
continental drift
Devonian period
27. The process in which plates move and shift
luster
radiometric dating
continental drift
folded mountains
28. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
variations
hot spots
deleterious
geologic time scale
29. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
hot spots
P waves
subduction zone
atmosphere
30. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
volcanoes
subduction zone
Mesozoic era
radiometric dating
31. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
Proterozoic era
seismograph
shield volcano
body fossil
32. 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
runoff
upwarped mountains
mold fossil
earthquake
33. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
deleterious
Cenzoic era
fault - block mountains
hardnes
34. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
luster
stratosphere
seismogram
intrusive igneous rocks
35. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
fault - block mountains
precipitation
tectonic plates
mineral grains
36. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
hot spots
mesophere
ozone
common ancestor
37. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
fossil
upper mantle
exosphere
deleterious
38. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
thermosphere
fossil
seismograph
mountain
39. The degree that a mineral reflects light
luster
greenhouse effect
transform boundaries
seismograph
40. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
hydrosphere
stratigraphy
inner core
upwarped mountains
41. Also known as primary waves - these are the fastest seismic waves and the first to be detected. They compress and expand both liquid and solid rock as they move through it
trace fossil
P waves
crust
outer core
42. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
seismogram
common ancestor
variations
volcanoes
43. Water that has infiltrated the ground
shield volcano
groundwater
Hadean time
composite volcano/stratovolcano
44. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
earthquake
surface waves
Devonian period
greenhouse effect
45. 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
carbon sinks
S waves
inner core
hydrosphere
46. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
faults
ozone
Mesozoic era
color
47. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
thermosphere
evaporation
geologic time scale
divergent boundaries
48. Molten rock
divergent boundaries
atmosphere
magma
tsunami
49. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
carbon sinks
seismogram
metamorphic rocks
continental drift
50. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
greenhouse effect
stratigraphy
luster
magma
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