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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
infiltration
fossil
lower mantle
color
2. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
tsunami
Ring of Fire
cast fossil
mantle
3. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
common ancestor
cinder cone volcano
surface water
mantle
4. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
greenhouse effect
cleavage
seismogram
subduction zone
5. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
faults
mesophere
tsunami
stratigraphy
6. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
environmental pressures
stratigraphy
hydrosphere
tsunami
7. The different ways a species can evolve
thermosphere
variations
radiometric dating
Devonian period
8. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
stratosphere
hardnes
inner core
infiltration
9. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
composite volcano/stratovolcano
P waves
hardnes
environmental pressures
10. The process in which water soaks into the ground
infiltration
hardnes
Cenzoic era
deleterious
11. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
folded mountains
environmental pressures
mesophere
seismograph
12. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
Cenzoic era
tsunami
intrusive igneous rocks
luster
13. 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
luster
natural selection
magma
Cenzoic era
14. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
continental drift
Proterozoic era
greenhouse effect
mountain
15. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
mountain
fossil
mineral grains
magma
16. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
stratum
intrusive igneous rocks
subduction zone
transform boundaries
17. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
inner core
peat
outer core
common ancestor
18. The part of the Earth that we live on
Devonian period
crust
tsunami
tectonic plates
19. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
Hadean time
Mesozoic era
magma
greenhouse effect
20. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
troposphere
intrusive igneous rocks
infiltration
surface water
21. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
Cenzoic era
Hadean time
continental drift
metamorphic rocks
22. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
runoff
mantle
fault - block mountains
inner core
23. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
sedimentary rocks
precipitation
carbon sinks
magma
24. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
seismogram
upper mantle
sedimentary rocks
mesophere
25. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
runoff
color
peat
metamorphic rocks
26. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
environmental pressures
surface water
tectonic plates
magma
27. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
Pangaea
shield volcano
mountain
Devonian period
28. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
carbon sinks
hydrosphere
cleavage
hot spots
29. Molten rock
magma
carbon sinks
infiltration
mantle
30. 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
P waves
crust
stratum
environmental pressures
31. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
thermosphere
volcanoes
seismogram
cast fossil
32. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
Proterozoic era
transform boundaries
Devonian period
faults
33. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
upper mantle
seismograph
subduction zone
Paleozoic era
34. 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
groundwater
cast fossil
mountain
seismograph
35. 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
Archaan era
groundwater
outer core
hardnes
36. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
metamorphic rocks
atmosphere
trace fossil
tectonic plates
37. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
cast fossil
composite volcano/stratovolcano
transform boundaries
carbon sinks
38. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
runoff
subduction zone
body fossil
environmental pressures
39. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
inner core
mantle
extrusive igneous rocks
Silurian period
40. A layer of rock that contains fossils
stratum
Paleozoic era
tectonic plates
tsunami
41. 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
color
troposphere
radiometric dating
S waves
42. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
Pangaea
natural selection
mountain
divergent boundaries
43. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
surface waves
magma
seismograph
extrusive igneous rocks
44. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
cleavage
geologic time scale
runoff
Mesozoic era
45. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
stratosphere
infiltration
Proterozoic era
cleavage
46. 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
thermosphere
runoff
volcanoes
transform boundaries
47. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
upwarped mountains
color
metamorphic rocks
hardnes
48. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
body fossil
Cenzoic era
color
subduction zone
49. 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
mold fossil
infiltration
tsunami
folded mountains
50. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
deleterious
Archaan era
fault - block mountains
magma