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CSET Science: Geology
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1. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
Ring of Fire
stratosphere
mantle
outer core
2. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
natural selection
environmental pressures
tectonic plates
transform boundaries
3. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
hydrosphere
Devonian period
volcanoes
surface waves
4. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
Hadean time
mountain
troposphere
divergent boundaries
5. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
runoff
hot spots
convergent boundaries
radiometric dating
6. 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
shield volcano
tsunami
surface water
variations
7. The degree that a mineral reflects light
precipitation
luster
P waves
stratum
8. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
precipitation
ozone
subduction zone
Cenzoic era
9. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
carbon sinks
variations
stratigraphy
inner core
10. 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
folded mountains
stratosphere
thermosphere
11. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
cast fossil
natural selection
Devonian period
Pangaea
12. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
S waves
folded mountains
tsunami
13. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
Pangaea
upper mantle
Proterozoic era
Cenzoic era
14. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
cinder cone volcano
Cenzoic era
genetic mutations
outer core
15. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
shield volcano
mineral grains
faults
tsunami
16. 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
transform boundaries
natural selection
outer core
mineral grains
17. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
peat
subduction zone
shield volcano
mold fossil
18. 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.
Mesozoic era
Paleozoic era
infiltration
upwarped mountains
19. The part of the Earth that we live on
greenhouse effect
crust
lower mantle
exosphere
20. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
radiometric dating
lower mantle
hardnes
stratosphere
21. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
body fossil
shield volcano
Devonian period
seismograph
22. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
infiltration
crust
intrusive igneous rocks
hardnes
23. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
crust
cleavage
stratum
composite volcano/stratovolcano
24. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
lower mantle
faults
hardnes
mantle
25. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
divergent boundaries
ozone
Cenzoic era
groundwater
26. 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
S waves
Paleozoic era
inner core
infiltration
27. 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
P waves
cast fossil
seismograph
upwarped mountains
28. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
volcanoes
intrusive igneous rocks
peat
Mesozoic era
29. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
evaporation
convergent boundaries
tectonic plates
common ancestor
30. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
fault - block mountains
composite volcano/stratovolcano
stratosphere
extrusive igneous rocks
31. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
Silurian period
seismogram
sedimentary rocks
metamorphic rocks
32. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
radiometric dating
mesophere
hydrosphere
stratosphere
33. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
Proterozoic era
Mesozoic era
deleterious
convergent boundaries
34. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
hydrosphere
fossil
outer core
seismograph
35. The limited supply of water there is
folded mountains
Devonian period
peat
hydrosphere
36. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
surface waves
thermosphere
luster
volcanoes
37. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
Hadean time
crust
ozone
Silurian period
38. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
lower mantle
upwarped mountains
earthquake
hardnes
39. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
luster
transform boundaries
hydrosphere
trace fossil
40. The process in which plates move and shift
Proterozoic era
hot spots
continental drift
exosphere
41. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
color
variations
geologic time scale
greenhouse effect
42. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
subduction zone
Ring of Fire
hardnes
troposphere
43. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
S waves
atmosphere
composite volcano/stratovolcano
divergent boundaries
44. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
divergent boundaries
sedimentary rocks
subduction zone
stratigraphy
45. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Proterozoic era
luster
exosphere
hot spots
46. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
magma
tectonic plates
Mesozoic era
metamorphic rocks
47. A layer of rock that contains fossils
exosphere
crust
stratum
stratigraphy
48. 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
thermosphere
stratigraphy
earthquake
mantle
49. Water that has infiltrated the ground
volcanoes
mesophere
groundwater
mineral grains
50. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
precipitation
color
carbon sinks
cleavage