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CSET Science: Geology

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1. The different ways a species can evolve






2. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer






3. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers






4. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off






5. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move






6. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt






7. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees






8. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle






9. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was






10. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet






11. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure






12. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs






13. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface






14. The limited supply of water there is






15. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron






16. A layer of rock that contains fossils






17. 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






18. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered






19. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket






20. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate






21. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin






22. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched






23. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground






24. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA






25. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it






26. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved






27. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved






28. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other






29. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath






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






31. 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






32. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere






33. 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






34. The degree that a mineral reflects light






35. Water that has infiltrated the ground






36. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail






37. The process in which plates move and shift






38. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent






39. Molten rock






40. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form






41. The part of the Earth that we live on






42. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.






43. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel






44. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down






45. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at






46. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle






47. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground






48. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction






49. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers






50. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust






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