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CSET Science: Geology
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1. 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
mantle
environmental pressures
Hadean time
thermosphere
2. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
inner core
fossil
Ring of Fire
infiltration
3. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
fault - block mountains
tectonic plates
Cenzoic era
magma
4. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
Mesozoic era
crust
trace fossil
Ring of Fire
5. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
Pangaea
hot spots
common ancestor
greenhouse effect
6. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
mineral grains
volcanoes
troposphere
convergent boundaries
7. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
stratigraphy
peat
Paleozoic era
transform boundaries
8. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
cinder cone volcano
tsunami
Ring of Fire
environmental pressures
9. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
folded mountains
volcanoes
groundwater
intrusive igneous rocks
10. 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
deleterious
natural selection
mesophere
P waves
11. The limited supply of water there is
hydrosphere
carbon sinks
P waves
mountain
12. The period where the first fish were formed
variations
fault - block mountains
Silurian period
luster
13. 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.
cinder cone volcano
Paleozoic era
transform boundaries
thermosphere
14. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
outer core
volcanoes
troposphere
sedimentary rocks
15. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
seismogram
ozone
inner core
thermosphere
16. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
upper mantle
thermosphere
peat
cast fossil
17. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
S waves
inner core
hot spots
faults
18. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
metamorphic rocks
tectonic plates
seismogram
greenhouse effect
19. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
Silurian period
metamorphic rocks
convergent boundaries
mold fossil
20. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
variations
cleavage
divergent boundaries
earthquake
21. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
groundwater
mineral grains
convergent boundaries
fossil
22. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
Archaan era
crust
Devonian period
cinder cone volcano
23. 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
sedimentary rocks
carbon sinks
hydrosphere
Archaan era
24. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
greenhouse effect
precipitation
extrusive igneous rocks
infiltration
25. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
Cenzoic era
runoff
surface water
divergent boundaries
26. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
Proterozoic era
composite volcano/stratovolcano
peat
mineral grains
27. The process in which water soaks into the ground
thermosphere
infiltration
exosphere
body fossil
28. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
exosphere
evaporation
Ring of Fire
inner core
29. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
exosphere
genetic mutations
stratosphere
stratigraphy
30. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
mineral grains
cleavage
peat
infiltration
31. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
seismograph
mold fossil
Paleozoic era
extrusive igneous rocks
32. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
volcanoes
trace fossil
faults
Cenzoic era
33. The process in which plates move and shift
continental drift
Cenzoic era
divergent boundaries
P waves
34. A layer of rock that contains fossils
stratum
Proterozoic era
fault - block mountains
inner core
35. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
luster
earthquake
36. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
atmosphere
Mesozoic era
groundwater
deleterious
37. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
stratosphere
subduction zone
ozone
mesophere
38. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
transform boundaries
upper mantle
tectonic plates
mineral grains
39. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
mesophere
stratigraphy
intrusive igneous rocks
upwarped mountains
40. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
surface waves
stratum
stratigraphy
hydrosphere
41. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
tsunami
hardnes
genetic mutations
trace fossil
42. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
hydrosphere
troposphere
Devonian period
outer core
43. Molten rock
P waves
magma
luster
volcanoes
44. 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
transform boundaries
color
cast fossil
atmosphere
45. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
ozone
hydrosphere
cast fossil
divergent boundaries
46. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
hardnes
mantle
peat
Pangaea
47. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Proterozoic era
genetic mutations
seismogram
thermosphere
48. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
Pangaea
carbon sinks
lower mantle
subduction zone
49. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
natural selection
carbon sinks
trace fossil
transform boundaries
50. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
stratigraphy
mineral grains
Paleozoic era
infiltration