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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
stratosphere
faults
mold fossil
2. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
extrusive igneous rocks
variations
mineral grains
stratigraphy
3. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
infiltration
P waves
atmosphere
metamorphic rocks
4. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
surface water
extrusive igneous rocks
infiltration
exosphere
5. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
metamorphic rocks
body fossil
convergent boundaries
natural selection
6. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Proterozoic era
stratosphere
Pangaea
luster
7. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
variations
mold fossil
runoff
Archaan era
8. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
peat
natural selection
precipitation
sedimentary rocks
9. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
geologic time scale
crust
seismograph
common ancestor
10. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
upwarped mountains
crust
evaporation
Pangaea
11. 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
evaporation
cinder cone volcano
Ring of Fire
12. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
upper mantle
lower mantle
color
hot spots
13. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
transform boundaries
ozone
mountain
P waves
14. 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
precipitation
Archaan era
surface waves
environmental pressures
15. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
cleavage
carbon sinks
radiometric dating
Paleozoic era
16. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
stratum
inner core
P waves
trace fossil
17. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
mineral grains
lower mantle
stratum
greenhouse effect
18. 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
natural selection
magma
S waves
common ancestor
19. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
color
mantle
radiometric dating
exosphere
20. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
stratigraphy
carbon sinks
crust
Silurian period
21. A layer of rock that contains fossils
P waves
greenhouse effect
stratum
hardnes
22. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
lower mantle
mineral grains
Ring of Fire
tsunami
23. The period where the first fish were formed
Hadean time
stratosphere
Silurian period
metamorphic rocks
24. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
Archaan era
cinder cone volcano
tectonic plates
Hadean time
25. 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
Ring of Fire
thermosphere
tectonic plates
Paleozoic era
26. 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
mold fossil
cinder cone volcano
stratosphere
S waves
27. 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
composite volcano/stratovolcano
S waves
body fossil
stratigraphy
28. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
earthquake
lower mantle
carbon sinks
Devonian period
29. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
hydrosphere
lower mantle
tectonic plates
shield volcano
30. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
hardnes
seismograph
Cenzoic era
mantle
31. The different ways a species can evolve
troposphere
Ring of Fire
variations
cast fossil
32. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
runoff
upper mantle
convergent boundaries
fault - block mountains
33. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
stratum
common ancestor
P waves
Ring of Fire
34. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
surface waves
exosphere
seismogram
runoff
35. The process in which plates move and shift
continental drift
mantle
mesophere
exosphere
36. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
deleterious
hot spots
earthquake
volcanoes
37. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
subduction zone
shield volcano
S waves
Mesozoic era
38. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
S waves
Hadean time
upwarped mountains
ozone
39. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
mantle
mineral grains
stratigraphy
faults
40. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
Pangaea
Paleozoic era
crust
stratosphere
41. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
radiometric dating
S waves
crust
intrusive igneous rocks
42. The limited supply of water there is
hydrosphere
body fossil
faults
hot spots
43. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
groundwater
volcanoes
divergent boundaries
stratigraphy
44. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
ozone
hot spots
mold fossil
Proterozoic era
45. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
Hadean time
peat
body fossil
metamorphic rocks
46. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
subduction zone
upper mantle
seismograph
convergent boundaries
47. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
magma
stratum
deleterious
Archaan era
48. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
inner core
fossil
volcanoes
peat
49. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
Mesozoic era
cleavage
surface waves
upwarped mountains
50. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
Archaan era
outer core
upwarped mountains
sedimentary rocks