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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
P waves
Ring of Fire
fault - block mountains
upwarped mountains
2. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
S waves
variations
greenhouse effect
hardnes
3. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
shield volcano
outer core
mesophere
variations
4. 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
Paleozoic era
Archaan era
fault - block mountains
atmosphere
5. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
Silurian period
runoff
mountain
earthquake
6. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
divergent boundaries
mold fossil
intrusive igneous rocks
tsunami
7. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
body fossil
exosphere
faults
shield volcano
8. 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.
S waves
faults
cleavage
Paleozoic era
9. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
folded mountains
earthquake
greenhouse effect
precipitation
10. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
Proterozoic era
infiltration
ozone
fossil
11. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
genetic mutations
stratum
tectonic plates
environmental pressures
12. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
fault - block mountains
hot spots
mantle
runoff
13. The degree that a mineral reflects light
crust
P waves
seismograph
luster
14. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
thermosphere
Cenzoic era
surface water
exosphere
15. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
outer core
subduction zone
natural selection
mineral grains
16. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
stratigraphy
stratum
troposphere
deleterious
17. The period where the first fish were formed
geologic time scale
tsunami
Silurian period
Paleozoic era
18. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
radiometric dating
Pangaea
lower mantle
cleavage
19. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
tectonic plates
radiometric dating
geologic time scale
faults
20. Water that has infiltrated the ground
lower mantle
groundwater
upwarped mountains
carbon sinks
21. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
Pangaea
evaporation
Devonian period
Cenzoic era
22. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
volcanoes
Pangaea
hot spots
subduction zone
23. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
stratigraphy
divergent boundaries
deleterious
inner core
24. The process in which plates move and shift
earthquake
continental drift
folded mountains
magma
25. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
sedimentary rocks
ozone
mountain
crust
26. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
composite volcano/stratovolcano
surface waves
evaporation
cinder cone volcano
27. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
exosphere
natural selection
outer core
cinder cone volcano
28. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
greenhouse effect
S waves
body fossil
Ring of Fire
29. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
faults
hot spots
luster
30. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
tectonic plates
luster
seismograph
cleavage
31. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
precipitation
hot spots
runoff
magma
32. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
outer core
volcanoes
mountain
Pangaea
33. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
S waves
cleavage
natural selection
greenhouse effect
34. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
ozone
greenhouse effect
runoff
genetic mutations
35. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
stratosphere
seismogram
mesophere
hydrosphere
36. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
volcanoes
infiltration
fossil
upper mantle
37. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
magma
trace fossil
precipitation
convergent boundaries
38. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
atmosphere
runoff
variations
tectonic plates
39. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
Hadean time
mesophere
faults
groundwater
40. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
extrusive igneous rocks
troposphere
sedimentary rocks
shield volcano
41. 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
ozone
Silurian period
thermosphere
42. 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
shield volcano
hardnes
continental drift
43. 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
tectonic plates
mold fossil
environmental pressures
stratigraphy
44. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
Ring of Fire
environmental pressures
Paleozoic era
metamorphic rocks
45. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
P waves
common ancestor
shield volcano
cast fossil
46. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
Silurian period
carbon sinks
cast fossil
infiltration
47. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
earthquake
peat
genetic mutations
surface water
48. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
lower mantle
surface waves
Proterozoic era
tectonic plates
49. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
metamorphic rocks
fault - block mountains
outer core
exosphere
50. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
deleterious
inner core
mineral grains
crust