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CSET Science: Geology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
surface water
stratosphere
precipitation
Mesozoic era
2. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
upwarped mountains
precipitation
evaporation
subduction zone
3. 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
mold fossil
surface water
ozone
deleterious
4. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
variations
Hadean time
upwarped mountains
runoff
5. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
stratum
cleavage
color
subduction zone
6. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
surface water
atmosphere
cinder cone volcano
earthquake
7. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
radiometric dating
Ring of Fire
inner core
cleavage
8. The process in which water soaks into the ground
Pangaea
cleavage
troposphere
infiltration
9. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
color
volcanoes
fossil
mold fossil
10. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
mineral grains
transform boundaries
upper mantle
carbon sinks
11. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
Mesozoic era
runoff
Paleozoic era
lower mantle
12. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
extrusive igneous rocks
environmental pressures
seismogram
Hadean time
13. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Proterozoic era
mountain
mold fossil
cast fossil
14. 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
Archaan era
natural selection
ozone
cleavage
15. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
carbon sinks
mesophere
volcanoes
cinder cone volcano
16. Water that has infiltrated the ground
Pangaea
genetic mutations
atmosphere
groundwater
17. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
genetic mutations
color
infiltration
18. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
Hadean time
Pangaea
transform boundaries
greenhouse effect
19. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
runoff
geologic time scale
Ring of Fire
carbon sinks
20. 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.
color
seismograph
luster
Paleozoic era
21. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
folded mountains
mantle
magma
metamorphic rocks
22. The period where the first fish were formed
Silurian period
hydrosphere
troposphere
groundwater
23. The process in which plates move and shift
Devonian period
mold fossil
continental drift
transform boundaries
24. 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
upper mantle
thermosphere
variations
P waves
25. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
stratosphere
greenhouse effect
hot spots
subduction zone
26. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
color
genetic mutations
upwarped mountains
mineral grains
27. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
cleavage
Silurian period
Ring of Fire
atmosphere
28. The different ways a species can evolve
variations
tsunami
earthquake
crust
29. A layer of rock that contains fossils
troposphere
stratum
groundwater
hardnes
30. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
ozone
P waves
variations
earthquake
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
seismograph
tsunami
cast fossil
seismogram
32. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
surface waves
metamorphic rocks
carbon sinks
peat
33. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
composite volcano/stratovolcano
S waves
sedimentary rocks
environmental pressures
34. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
intrusive igneous rocks
deleterious
groundwater
volcanoes
35. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
inner core
evaporation
upper mantle
metamorphic rocks
36. The part of the Earth that we live on
earthquake
outer core
crust
fossil
37. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
Pangaea
cleavage
surface water
faults
38. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
shield volcano
deleterious
exosphere
cinder cone volcano
39. 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
earthquake
body fossil
radiometric dating
40. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
environmental pressures
fossil
hot spots
cleavage
41. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
composite volcano/stratovolcano
ozone
color
precipitation
42. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
radiometric dating
exosphere
peat
seismogram
43. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
outer core
lower mantle
P waves
mesophere
44. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
environmental pressures
folded mountains
divergent boundaries
stratigraphy
45. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
ozone
extrusive igneous rocks
radiometric dating
hot spots
46. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
divergent boundaries
hardnes
mountain
upwarped mountains
47. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
volcanoes
carbon sinks
P waves
exosphere
48. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
transform boundaries
metamorphic rocks
S waves
atmosphere
49. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
Paleozoic era
sedimentary rocks
radiometric dating
stratum
50. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
peat
fossil
trace fossil
Ring of Fire