Test your basic knowledge |

CSET Science: Geology

Subjects : cset, science, geology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at






2. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas






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






4. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off






5. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath






6. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans






7. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils






8. The process in which water soaks into the ground






9. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle






10. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move






11. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers






12. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten






13. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.






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






15. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent






16. Water that has infiltrated the ground






17. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface






18. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere






19. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs






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.






21. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other






22. The period where the first fish were formed






23. The process in which plates move and shift






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






25. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form






26. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust






27. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean






28. The different ways a species can evolve






29. A layer of rock that contains fossils






30. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground






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






32. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal






33. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava






34. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer






35. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down






36. The part of the Earth that we live on






37. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago






38. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt






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






40. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure






41. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate






42. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was






43. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel






44. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle






45. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface






46. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched






47. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it






48. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket






49. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time






50. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old