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CSET Science: Geology
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1. 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
stratum
cast fossil
mold fossil
troposphere
2. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
lower mantle
transform boundaries
outer core
upwarped mountains
3. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
Archaan era
mountain
cast fossil
extrusive igneous rocks
4. The process in which plates move and shift
geologic time scale
hot spots
continental drift
Cenzoic era
5. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
fossil
lower mantle
transform boundaries
tsunami
6. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
stratigraphy
exosphere
precipitation
volcanoes
7. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
fault - block mountains
magma
hot spots
Ring of Fire
8. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
greenhouse effect
stratum
trace fossil
Devonian period
9. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
upwarped mountains
inner core
Proterozoic era
radiometric dating
10. Molten rock
hardnes
metamorphic rocks
magma
divergent boundaries
11. The different ways a species can evolve
evaporation
variations
upwarped mountains
transform boundaries
12. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
fault - block mountains
groundwater
geologic time scale
earthquake
13. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
continental drift
seismograph
metamorphic rocks
tsunami
14. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
Pangaea
stratosphere
subduction zone
convergent boundaries
15. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
upper mantle
transform boundaries
precipitation
seismogram
16. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
color
runoff
infiltration
cast fossil
17. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
lower mantle
seismograph
common ancestor
crust
18. The limited supply of water there is
stratosphere
environmental pressures
S waves
hydrosphere
19. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
hot spots
Devonian period
upwarped mountains
Silurian period
20. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
genetic mutations
upper mantle
continental drift
radiometric dating
21. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
thermosphere
hot spots
tsunami
stratigraphy
22. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
hardnes
precipitation
thermosphere
extrusive igneous rocks
23. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
upper mantle
seismogram
radiometric dating
upwarped mountains
24. The process in which water soaks into the ground
Archaan era
infiltration
crust
body fossil
25. 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
divergent boundaries
Archaan era
P waves
troposphere
26. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
faults
ozone
evaporation
body fossil
27. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
hot spots
radiometric dating
lower mantle
P waves
28. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
Pangaea
groundwater
hot spots
tectonic plates
29. 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
carbon sinks
magma
tectonic plates
P waves
30. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
Cenzoic era
hardnes
carbon sinks
genetic mutations
31. 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
exosphere
body fossil
natural selection
trace fossil
32. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
faults
cleavage
runoff
mineral grains
33. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
hydrosphere
exosphere
composite volcano/stratovolcano
mantle
34. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
genetic mutations
folded mountains
tectonic plates
cinder cone volcano
35. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
surface water
convergent boundaries
cast fossil
Hadean time
36. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
body fossil
geologic time scale
magma
ozone
37. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
seismograph
precipitation
surface waves
upwarped mountains
38. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
cleavage
tectonic plates
cast fossil
folded mountains
39. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
composite volcano/stratovolcano
cleavage
natural selection
Devonian period
40. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
tectonic plates
composite volcano/stratovolcano
divergent boundaries
P waves
41. 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.
Paleozoic era
surface water
intrusive igneous rocks
mesophere
42. 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
mesophere
subduction zone
mold fossil
fault - block mountains
43. The part of the Earth that we live on
stratigraphy
crust
common ancestor
surface water
44. 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
mesophere
evaporation
magma
45. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
evaporation
geologic time scale
extrusive igneous rocks
lower mantle
46. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
infiltration
crust
fault - block mountains
runoff
47. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
peat
surface waves
convergent boundaries
hardnes
48. 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.
fossil
inner core
hardnes
Mesozoic era
49. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
metamorphic rocks
mountain
volcanoes
precipitation
50. 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
surface water
tsunami
precipitation
infiltration