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CSET Science: Geology
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1. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
hot spots
surface water
cast fossil
transform boundaries
2. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
Devonian period
environmental pressures
upper mantle
carbon sinks
3. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
radiometric dating
magma
extrusive igneous rocks
lower mantle
4. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
mountain
runoff
subduction zone
seismogram
5. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
stratigraphy
geologic time scale
stratosphere
extrusive igneous rocks
6. 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
inner core
mold fossil
body fossil
groundwater
7. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
Proterozoic era
divergent boundaries
intrusive igneous rocks
surface waves
8. 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
shield volcano
variations
Archaan era
Mesozoic era
9. The period where the first fish were formed
stratum
luster
Silurian period
inner core
10. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
inner core
runoff
natural selection
crust
11. 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.
Cenzoic era
stratosphere
upper mantle
Mesozoic era
12. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
metamorphic rocks
hardnes
exosphere
thermosphere
13. The degree that a mineral reflects light
luster
Hadean time
common ancestor
faults
14. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
Paleozoic era
outer core
carbon sinks
Proterozoic era
15. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
Mesozoic era
runoff
stratosphere
luster
16. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
genetic mutations
troposphere
hardnes
convergent boundaries
17. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
Hadean time
crust
groundwater
composite volcano/stratovolcano
18. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
composite volcano/stratovolcano
surface waves
hardnes
Devonian period
19. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
upper mantle
mountain
upwarped mountains
mesophere
20. The limited supply of water there is
crust
Cenzoic era
hydrosphere
atmosphere
21. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
thermosphere
convergent boundaries
color
shield volcano
22. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
cleavage
thermosphere
shield volcano
evaporation
23. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
trace fossil
exosphere
sedimentary rocks
tectonic plates
24. The different ways a species can evolve
variations
cleavage
fossil
Pangaea
25. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
Cenzoic era
shield volcano
body fossil
troposphere
26. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
lower mantle
Paleozoic era
inner core
transform boundaries
27. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
mountain
cast fossil
common ancestor
thermosphere
28. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
extrusive igneous rocks
common ancestor
Proterozoic era
subduction zone
29. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
troposphere
S waves
precipitation
crust
30. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
ozone
convergent boundaries
lower mantle
precipitation
31. The part of the Earth that we live on
exosphere
Cenzoic era
crust
mantle
32. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
body fossil
common ancestor
surface water
tectonic plates
33. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
lower mantle
luster
radiometric dating
Cenzoic era
34. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
mountain
mantle
tsunami
shield volcano
35. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
fault - block mountains
luster
common ancestor
deleterious
36. 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
natural selection
mantle
runoff
thermosphere
37. A layer of rock that contains fossils
deleterious
stratum
color
mountain
38. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
common ancestor
magma
sedimentary rocks
Ring of Fire
39. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
groundwater
cinder cone volcano
folded mountains
mineral grains
40. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
surface water
divergent boundaries
earthquake
folded mountains
41. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
folded mountains
hot spots
inner core
genetic mutations
42. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
stratigraphy
natural selection
cleavage
luster
43. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
runoff
extrusive igneous rocks
tectonic plates
Devonian period
44. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
atmosphere
shield volcano
Mesozoic era
common ancestor
45. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
cast fossil
lower mantle
deleterious
color
46. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
upper mantle
environmental pressures
subduction zone
mountain
47. 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
cast fossil
inner core
tsunami
crust
48. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
runoff
deleterious
hydrosphere
earthquake
49. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
atmosphere
Silurian period
luster
genetic mutations
50. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
cleavage
P waves
composite volcano/stratovolcano
outer core