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CSET Science: Geology
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1. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
tectonic plates
S waves
Ring of Fire
greenhouse effect
2. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
hot spots
mesophere
hardnes
earthquake
3. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments
common ancestor
Silurian period
groundwater
surface waves
4. 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
exosphere
Archaan era
runoff
mountain
5. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
Cenzoic era
metamorphic rocks
deleterious
peat
6. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
subduction zone
earthquake
peat
thermosphere
7. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
infiltration
exosphere
cast fossil
genetic mutations
8. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
stratosphere
upper mantle
metamorphic rocks
surface waves
9. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
subduction zone
divergent boundaries
troposphere
sedimentary rocks
10. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
inner core
deleterious
color
intrusive igneous rocks
11. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
upwarped mountains
stratosphere
fault - block mountains
divergent boundaries
12. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
runoff
Pangaea
ozone
tsunami
13. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago
upwarped mountains
convergent boundaries
Pangaea
faults
14. The part of the Earth that we live on
upper mantle
crust
peat
Cenzoic era
15. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
Paleozoic era
mantle
Hadean time
volcanoes
16. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
extrusive igneous rocks
mineral grains
thermosphere
hardnes
17. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
stratosphere
cinder cone volcano
evaporation
tsunami
18. 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
crust
S waves
variations
stratigraphy
19. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
mineral grains
color
hot spots
Silurian period
20. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
trace fossil
surface water
seismogram
evaporation
21. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
precipitation
Proterozoic era
geologic time scale
lower mantle
22. 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
seismograph
Cenzoic era
cast fossil
trace fossil
23. Water that has infiltrated the ground
evaporation
groundwater
geologic time scale
exosphere
24. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
greenhouse effect
cleavage
stratum
mountain
25. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
runoff
extrusive igneous rocks
divergent boundaries
troposphere
26. The limited supply of water there is
faults
atmosphere
hydrosphere
common ancestor
27. The process in which water soaks into the ground
color
surface water
infiltration
P waves
28. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
subduction zone
carbon sinks
fossil
seismograph
29. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
variations
P waves
Archaan era
fault - block mountains
30. 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.
hot spots
Proterozoic era
Paleozoic era
peat
31. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
mineral grains
peat
precipitation
stratosphere
32. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
seismogram
faults
Devonian period
thermosphere
33. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
troposphere
thermosphere
upper mantle
subduction zone
34. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
atmosphere
mesophere
ozone
extrusive igneous rocks
35. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
groundwater
precipitation
composite volcano/stratovolcano
earthquake
36. The period where the first fish were formed
earthquake
tsunami
lower mantle
Silurian period
37. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
greenhouse effect
Mesozoic era
Pangaea
Archaan era
38. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
faults
Ring of Fire
cast fossil
earthquake
39. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
hardnes
upwarped mountains
environmental pressures
lower mantle
40. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
ozone
surface waves
mountain
faults
41. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
troposphere
upwarped mountains
Ring of Fire
mold fossil
42. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
mesophere
folded mountains
carbon sinks
cleavage
43. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
trace fossil
volcanoes
upper mantle
runoff
44. 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
body fossil
tsunami
atmosphere
mold fossil
45. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
P waves
Silurian period
mesophere
tectonic plates
46. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
sedimentary rocks
stratigraphy
geologic time scale
subduction zone
47. 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
thermosphere
genetic mutations
cast fossil
48. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
exosphere
deleterious
seismograph
inner core
49. The process in which plates move and shift
thermosphere
continental drift
groundwater
Silurian period
50. A layer of rock that contains fossils
transform boundaries
stratum
exosphere
tsunami