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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
Ring of Fire
subduction zone
Cenzoic era
Hadean time
2. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
mantle
sedimentary rocks
Ring of Fire
intrusive igneous rocks
3. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
intrusive igneous rocks
Paleozoic era
Silurian period
seismograph
4. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
cinder cone volcano
cast fossil
thermosphere
volcanoes
5. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
Hadean time
geologic time scale
fault - block mountains
atmosphere
6. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
convergent boundaries
fault - block mountains
mountain
surface water
7. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
transform boundaries
lower mantle
Hadean time
evaporation
8. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
peat
S waves
crust
divergent boundaries
9. 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.
surface waves
composite volcano/stratovolcano
extrusive igneous rocks
Mesozoic era
10. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
atmosphere
folded mountains
subduction zone
earthquake
11. 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
runoff
intrusive igneous rocks
cast fossil
sedimentary rocks
12. The period where the first fish were formed
P waves
sedimentary rocks
ozone
Silurian period
13. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
faults
hot spots
subduction zone
upper mantle
14. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
transform boundaries
intrusive igneous rocks
upwarped mountains
color
15. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
crust
Paleozoic era
deleterious
transform boundaries
16. 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
mesophere
S waves
tectonic plates
natural selection
17. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
subduction zone
Devonian period
color
Ring of Fire
18. The process in which water soaks into the ground
atmosphere
infiltration
radiometric dating
composite volcano/stratovolcano
19. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
Archaan era
ozone
thermosphere
stratigraphy
20. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
genetic mutations
intrusive igneous rocks
fossil
stratigraphy
21. The limited supply of water there is
hydrosphere
lower mantle
Pangaea
deleterious
22. 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
convergent boundaries
hardnes
inner core
mold fossil
23. The degree that a mineral reflects light
upwarped mountains
luster
infiltration
tsunami
24. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
metamorphic rocks
lower mantle
carbon sinks
body fossil
25. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
magma
upwarped mountains
volcanoes
folded mountains
26. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
color
S waves
luster
cast fossil
27. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
folded mountains
Cenzoic era
greenhouse effect
hot spots
28. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
Proterozoic era
Devonian period
Ring of Fire
runoff
29. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
hardnes
crust
trace fossil
transform boundaries
30. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
cleavage
extrusive igneous rocks
groundwater
stratosphere
31. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
Ring of Fire
environmental pressures
luster
troposphere
32. 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
extrusive igneous rocks
natural selection
Archaan era
fault - block mountains
33. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
geologic time scale
environmental pressures
lower mantle
stratosphere
34. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
variations
surface water
infiltration
tsunami
35. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
Cenzoic era
convergent boundaries
mesophere
sedimentary rocks
36. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
color
stratosphere
shield volcano
Cenzoic era
37. 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
Mesozoic era
thermosphere
evaporation
hydrosphere
38. A layer of rock that contains fossils
thermosphere
faults
stratum
surface water
39. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
genetic mutations
greenhouse effect
Mesozoic era
composite volcano/stratovolcano
40. The different ways a species can evolve
surface waves
variations
convergent boundaries
S waves
41. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
exosphere
shield volcano
intrusive igneous rocks
stratosphere
42. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
sedimentary rocks
luster
surface waves
seismogram
43. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
outer core
common ancestor
extrusive igneous rocks
44. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
divergent boundaries
carbon sinks
cleavage
runoff
45. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
P waves
faults
upper mantle
sedimentary rocks
46. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
natural selection
geologic time scale
sedimentary rocks
groundwater
47. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
seismogram
convergent boundaries
cinder cone volcano
mantle
48. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
Cenzoic era
hot spots
Pangaea
Hadean time
49. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
composite volcano/stratovolcano
inner core
exosphere
natural selection
50. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
Hadean time
greenhouse effect
folded mountains
shield volcano