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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
groundwater
shield volcano
Devonian period
sedimentary rocks
2. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
extrusive igneous rocks
fault - block mountains
Hadean time
mineral grains
3. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
exosphere
thermosphere
Mesozoic era
geologic time scale
4. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
exosphere
outer core
mold fossil
fossil
5. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
seismograph
stratosphere
precipitation
intrusive igneous rocks
6. 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
Archaan era
cast fossil
outer core
mountain
7. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
Paleozoic era
shield volcano
variations
hot spots
8. Era from 570 to 245 million years ago with the explosion of animal diversity followed by the wiping out of 99 percent of planetary life thanks to an asteroid. Pangea rises.
outer core
Paleozoic era
peat
Cenzoic era
9. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
folded mountains
variations
greenhouse effect
natural selection
10. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
stratosphere
peat
composite volcano/stratovolcano
outer core
11. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
tsunami
thermosphere
composite volcano/stratovolcano
runoff
12. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
exosphere
groundwater
stratigraphy
Devonian period
13. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
environmental pressures
divergent boundaries
color
faults
14. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
fault - block mountains
Pangaea
inner core
exosphere
15. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
hot spots
Cenzoic era
mountain
radiometric dating
16. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
common ancestor
mesophere
faults
upper mantle
17. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
mineral grains
natural selection
environmental pressures
seismogram
18. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
subduction zone
Devonian period
sedimentary rocks
geologic time scale
19. The process in which water soaks into the ground
divergent boundaries
hydrosphere
radiometric dating
infiltration
20. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
transform boundaries
luster
Pangaea
cinder cone volcano
21. The part of the Earth that we live on
Silurian period
mountain
crust
convergent boundaries
22. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
volcanoes
convergent boundaries
composite volcano/stratovolcano
upper mantle
23. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
body fossil
Ring of Fire
color
deleterious
24. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
transform boundaries
body fossil
hydrosphere
upper mantle
25. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
folded mountains
natural selection
Ring of Fire
hardnes
26. 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
atmosphere
Cenzoic era
thermosphere
geologic time scale
27. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
surface waves
thermosphere
luster
troposphere
28. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
atmosphere
Hadean time
surface water
precipitation
29. The degree that a mineral reflects light
precipitation
magma
deleterious
luster
30. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
sedimentary rocks
thermosphere
Cenzoic era
upper mantle
31. A layer of rock that contains fossils
metamorphic rocks
Cenzoic era
Silurian period
stratum
32. The limited supply of water there is
magma
evaporation
greenhouse effect
hydrosphere
33. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
radiometric dating
Paleozoic era
stratosphere
cast fossil
34. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
mineral grains
divergent boundaries
ozone
surface waves
35. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
inner core
lower mantle
common ancestor
cinder cone volcano
36. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
infiltration
Hadean time
peat
hydrosphere
37. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
precipitation
thermosphere
Mesozoic era
cinder cone volcano
38. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
Hadean time
seismograph
Cenzoic era
tectonic plates
39. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
magma
stratosphere
hydrosphere
precipitation
40. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
ozone
radiometric dating
subduction zone
Proterozoic era
41. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
color
trace fossil
continental drift
atmosphere
42. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
mineral grains
luster
composite volcano/stratovolcano
divergent boundaries
43. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
convergent boundaries
volcanoes
hot spots
continental drift
44. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
cast fossil
genetic mutations
upwarped mountains
cleavage
45. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
carbon sinks
peat
upwarped mountains
ozone
46. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
metamorphic rocks
Pangaea
greenhouse effect
common ancestor
47. The process in which plates move and shift
seismograph
runoff
composite volcano/stratovolcano
continental drift
48. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
mineral grains
upwarped mountains
atmosphere
thermosphere
49. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
divergent boundaries
mineral grains
deleterious
trace fossil
50. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
transform boundaries
metamorphic rocks
subduction zone
Hadean time