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CSET Science: Geology
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1. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
atmosphere
greenhouse effect
body fossil
inner core
2. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
tsunami
magma
cast fossil
lower mantle
3. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
hot spots
Hadean time
tectonic plates
ozone
4. The period where the first fish were formed
stratosphere
Silurian period
troposphere
mineral grains
5. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
Silurian period
upwarped mountains
Proterozoic era
mesophere
6. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
inner core
hydrosphere
color
common ancestor
7. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
evaporation
natural selection
mesophere
environmental pressures
8. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
evaporation
Devonian period
intrusive igneous rocks
Ring of Fire
9. 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
stratosphere
body fossil
geologic time scale
S waves
10. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
surface water
surface waves
continental drift
cinder cone volcano
11. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
stratum
tectonic plates
runoff
seismogram
12. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
outer core
sedimentary rocks
hardnes
fossil
13. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
deleterious
mantle
fault - block mountains
hot spots
14. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
intrusive igneous rocks
evaporation
color
carbon sinks
15. 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
thermosphere
stratosphere
P waves
body fossil
16. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
metamorphic rocks
Devonian period
mineral grains
evaporation
17. Water that has infiltrated the ground
ozone
Cenzoic era
groundwater
stratigraphy
18. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
mantle
Proterozoic era
Hadean time
trace fossil
19. 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
peat
inner core
cleavage
20. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
divergent boundaries
hydrosphere
Devonian period
variations
21. 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
surface water
Silurian period
cast fossil
sedimentary rocks
22. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
Hadean time
tectonic plates
stratosphere
convergent boundaries
23. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
mountain
mesophere
cleavage
extrusive igneous rocks
24. The process in which plates move and shift
Cenzoic era
continental drift
upwarped mountains
thermosphere
25. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
sedimentary rocks
carbon sinks
mountain
hardnes
26. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
infiltration
hot spots
Paleozoic era
upper mantle
27. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
continental drift
seismogram
hydrosphere
magma
28. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
peat
seismogram
evaporation
volcanoes
29. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
Hadean time
peat
carbon sinks
cinder cone volcano
30. 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
surface water
hot spots
mold fossil
continental drift
31. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
earthquake
Pangaea
ozone
atmosphere
32. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
stratosphere
groundwater
surface waves
surface water
33. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
mountain
crust
inner core
volcanoes
34. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
environmental pressures
radiometric dating
magma
seismograph
35. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
composite volcano/stratovolcano
geologic time scale
cast fossil
upwarped mountains
36. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
greenhouse effect
extrusive igneous rocks
runoff
genetic mutations
37. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
Mesozoic era
mineral grains
fault - block mountains
groundwater
38. 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
fossil
folded mountains
radiometric dating
39. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
folded mountains
atmosphere
crust
hardnes
40. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
tsunami
environmental pressures
fossil
divergent boundaries
41. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
radiometric dating
ozone
composite volcano/stratovolcano
Pangaea
42. The process in which water soaks into the ground
trace fossil
peat
natural selection
infiltration
43. 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
extrusive igneous rocks
luster
mineral grains
44. 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
tsunami
runoff
cinder cone volcano
surface water
45. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
thermosphere
shield volcano
troposphere
convergent boundaries
46. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
extrusive igneous rocks
Ring of Fire
ozone
fossil
47. Molten rock
magma
mineral grains
shield volcano
color
48. A layer of rock that contains fossils
luster
folded mountains
sedimentary rocks
stratum
49. 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
luster
thermosphere
runoff
hydrosphere
50. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
extrusive igneous rocks
continental drift
Devonian period
deleterious