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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
cast fossil
cleavage
convergent boundaries
magma
2. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
mountain
subduction zone
Cenzoic era
exosphere
3. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
stratigraphy
continental drift
geologic time scale
surface water
4. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
precipitation
Mesozoic era
body fossil
fossil
5. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
mesophere
trace fossil
folded mountains
convergent boundaries
6. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
Cenzoic era
precipitation
Archaan era
surface waves
7. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
crust
seismograph
runoff
greenhouse effect
8. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
P waves
troposphere
Silurian period
Ring of Fire
9. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
deleterious
stratosphere
fossil
luster
10. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
precipitation
mold fossil
divergent boundaries
Silurian period
11. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
crust
genetic mutations
ozone
sedimentary rocks
12. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
Cenzoic era
faults
stratosphere
seismograph
13. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
volcanoes
intrusive igneous rocks
seismogram
tectonic plates
14. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
deleterious
seismogram
Hadean time
hot spots
15. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
transform boundaries
earthquake
genetic mutations
upper mantle
16. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
transform boundaries
seismograph
cinder cone volcano
carbon sinks
17. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
troposphere
subduction zone
upwarped mountains
Proterozoic era
18. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
hardnes
cinder cone volcano
precipitation
mesophere
19. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
radiometric dating
geologic time scale
upper mantle
fault - block mountains
20. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
seismogram
convergent boundaries
cleavage
surface waves
21. The period where the first fish were formed
upper mantle
infiltration
Silurian period
greenhouse effect
22. The process in which plates move and shift
precipitation
continental drift
mold fossil
Pangaea
23. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
faults
earthquake
greenhouse effect
variations
24. 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
cinder cone volcano
peat
Hadean time
25. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
metamorphic rocks
carbon sinks
intrusive igneous rocks
natural selection
26. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
upwarped mountains
color
surface waves
fossil
27. The process in which water soaks into the ground
upper mantle
infiltration
Ring of Fire
P waves
28. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
exosphere
ozone
groundwater
fossil
29. 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
infiltration
crust
mold fossil
lower mantle
30. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
cinder cone volcano
infiltration
transform boundaries
color
31. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
Paleozoic era
lower mantle
runoff
mineral grains
32. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
Archaan era
Pangaea
environmental pressures
outer core
33. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
Devonian period
mountain
convergent boundaries
genetic mutations
34. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
shield volcano
tectonic plates
divergent boundaries
continental drift
35. 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
cleavage
deleterious
inner core
36. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
hot spots
mineral grains
upwarped mountains
mold fossil
37. 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.
troposphere
Paleozoic era
stratigraphy
natural selection
38. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
Cenzoic era
mold fossil
inner core
39. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
exosphere
troposphere
mineral grains
tectonic plates
40. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
composite volcano/stratovolcano
tectonic plates
trace fossil
deleterious
41. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
common ancestor
upwarped mountains
mountain
upper mantle
42. Molten rock
stratosphere
divergent boundaries
outer core
magma
43. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
Cenzoic era
color
runoff
Ring of Fire
44. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
transform boundaries
Hadean time
atmosphere
metamorphic rocks
45. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
upwarped mountains
extrusive igneous rocks
Proterozoic era
radiometric dating
46. 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
volcanoes
exosphere
natural selection
sedimentary rocks
47. 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
surface water
upper mantle
cast fossil
48. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
stratum
carbon sinks
environmental pressures
cleavage
49. The degree that a mineral reflects light
trace fossil
environmental pressures
luster
Archaan era
50. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
precipitation
fault - block mountains
divergent boundaries
deleterious