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CSET Science: Geology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Water that has infiltrated the ground
groundwater
folded mountains
surface water
common ancestor
2. The part of the Earth that we live on
magma
fault - block mountains
crust
Devonian period
3. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
Archaan era
thermosphere
troposphere
earthquake
4. 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
subduction zone
troposphere
trace fossil
5. The limited supply of water there is
Silurian period
surface waves
hydrosphere
radiometric dating
6. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
exosphere
upper mantle
intrusive igneous rocks
variations
7. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
extrusive igneous rocks
deleterious
infiltration
crust
8. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
fault - block mountains
mold fossil
atmosphere
faults
9. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
convergent boundaries
S waves
Hadean time
crust
10. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
stratum
subduction zone
Paleozoic era
deleterious
11. The degree that a mineral reflects light
divergent boundaries
runoff
luster
infiltration
12. The different ways a species can evolve
variations
Silurian period
ozone
stratosphere
13. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
Silurian period
ozone
metamorphic rocks
fossil
14. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
Mesozoic era
magma
mesophere
Archaan era
15. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
radiometric dating
shield volcano
folded mountains
evaporation
16. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
Pangaea
evaporation
composite volcano/stratovolcano
troposphere
17. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
magma
atmosphere
body fossil
stratigraphy
18. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
hydrosphere
fault - block mountains
volcanoes
greenhouse effect
19. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
folded mountains
variations
volcanoes
peat
20. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
genetic mutations
cast fossil
surface water
upper mantle
21. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
Proterozoic era
troposphere
trace fossil
cleavage
22. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
peat
runoff
cinder cone volcano
stratum
23. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
shield volcano
seismogram
atmosphere
convergent boundaries
24. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
peat
stratosphere
intrusive igneous rocks
infiltration
25. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
stratosphere
runoff
cast fossil
environmental pressures
26. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
environmental pressures
surface water
mountain
seismograph
27. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
radiometric dating
Mesozoic era
divergent boundaries
troposphere
28. The process in which water soaks into the ground
trace fossil
groundwater
infiltration
P waves
29. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
carbon sinks
variations
peat
thermosphere
30. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
surface water
ozone
composite volcano/stratovolcano
Pangaea
31. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
carbon sinks
mountain
surface water
folded mountains
32. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
exosphere
thermosphere
shield volcano
earthquake
33. 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
crust
stratigraphy
tsunami
mountain
34. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
mold fossil
ozone
stratigraphy
composite volcano/stratovolcano
35. Molten rock
subduction zone
magma
intrusive igneous rocks
shield volcano
36. 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
Archaan era
trace fossil
upwarped mountains
cast fossil
37. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
stratosphere
atmosphere
continental drift
P waves
38. The period where the first fish were formed
Silurian period
variations
geologic time scale
mountain
39. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
color
convergent boundaries
shield volcano
Devonian period
40. 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
radiometric dating
transform boundaries
magma
41. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
upwarped mountains
faults
cast fossil
stratum
42. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
common ancestor
stratum
deleterious
genetic mutations
43. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
Mesozoic era
metamorphic rocks
mountain
mineral grains
44. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
shield volcano
precipitation
hydrosphere
outer core
45. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
groundwater
S waves
tsunami
hot spots
46. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
greenhouse effect
stratum
variations
groundwater
47. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
peat
radiometric dating
Silurian period
divergent boundaries
48. 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
hot spots
color
tectonic plates
thermosphere
49. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
Archaan era
extrusive igneous rocks
fault - block mountains
S waves
50. 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.
mineral grains
Paleozoic era
body fossil
Mesozoic era