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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
mesophere
seismogram
mineral grains
tsunami
2. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
exosphere
fault - block mountains
inner core
cinder cone volcano
3. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
cinder cone volcano
convergent boundaries
runoff
radiometric dating
4. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
hydrosphere
P waves
subduction zone
divergent boundaries
5. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
sedimentary rocks
stratosphere
tectonic plates
seismogram
6. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
composite volcano/stratovolcano
lower mantle
crust
seismogram
7. 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.
Paleozoic era
common ancestor
seismogram
stratigraphy
8. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
outer core
groundwater
mountain
upwarped mountains
9. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
Hadean time
deleterious
magma
composite volcano/stratovolcano
10. The process in which plates move and shift
cleavage
continental drift
divergent boundaries
upwarped mountains
11. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
body fossil
mountain
volcanoes
precipitation
12. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
cleavage
environmental pressures
peat
continental drift
13. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
environmental pressures
Paleozoic era
fossil
surface water
14. 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
deleterious
upwarped mountains
radiometric dating
15. The part of the Earth that we live on
crust
hot spots
natural selection
surface waves
16. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
shield volcano
hydrosphere
Devonian period
peat
17. 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
greenhouse effect
extrusive igneous rocks
cast fossil
18. The period where the first fish were formed
shield volcano
trace fossil
tectonic plates
Silurian period
19. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
hydrosphere
mountain
faults
body fossil
20. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
color
folded mountains
volcanoes
subduction zone
21. 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
tsunami
outer core
Devonian period
22. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
peat
Cenzoic era
carbon sinks
earthquake
23. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
upper mantle
outer core
lower mantle
metamorphic rocks
24. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
hydrosphere
hardnes
Hadean time
mesophere
25. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
mantle
surface waves
fault - block mountains
Ring of Fire
26. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
S waves
luster
metamorphic rocks
radiometric dating
27. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
color
cinder cone volcano
inner core
volcanoes
28. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
genetic mutations
tectonic plates
composite volcano/stratovolcano
surface water
29. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Proterozoic era
subduction zone
precipitation
fault - block mountains
30. The limited supply of water there is
precipitation
outer core
hydrosphere
variations
31. 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
surface waves
tsunami
metamorphic rocks
Mesozoic era
32. Water that has infiltrated the ground
seismograph
Silurian period
upper mantle
groundwater
33. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
troposphere
composite volcano/stratovolcano
shield volcano
runoff
34. 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
upper mantle
natural selection
color
P waves
35. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
troposphere
folded mountains
tectonic plates
Mesozoic era
36. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
crust
stratosphere
mineral grains
carbon sinks
37. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
Pangaea
environmental pressures
stratosphere
infiltration
38. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
upper mantle
hydrosphere
troposphere
hot spots
39. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
runoff
hardnes
Mesozoic era
upper mantle
40. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
Hadean time
deleterious
greenhouse effect
Devonian period
41. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
surface water
hydrosphere
mantle
mountain
42. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
stratigraphy
Cenzoic era
runoff
upwarped mountains
43. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
peat
greenhouse effect
surface waves
luster
44. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
hot spots
Pangaea
lower mantle
tectonic plates
45. A layer of rock that contains fossils
inner core
stratum
upper mantle
environmental pressures
46. 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
trace fossil
upwarped mountains
crust
47. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
intrusive igneous rocks
crust
divergent boundaries
Mesozoic era
48. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
earthquake
Devonian period
troposphere
49. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
troposphere
evaporation
peat
volcanoes
50. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
transform boundaries
Devonian period
mountain
Ring of Fire
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