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CSET Science: Geology
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1. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
continental drift
stratigraphy
outer core
magma
2. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
fossil
troposphere
hot spots
peat
3. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
atmosphere
luster
Ring of Fire
troposphere
4. 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
Silurian period
natural selection
infiltration
intrusive igneous rocks
5. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
environmental pressures
upwarped mountains
transform boundaries
continental drift
6. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
cinder cone volcano
upper mantle
fossil
evaporation
7. Molten rock
magma
surface waves
Hadean time
composite volcano/stratovolcano
8. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
mesophere
Ring of Fire
mountain
tsunami
9. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
hot spots
variations
metamorphic rocks
mold fossil
10. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
mountain
stratigraphy
surface water
body fossil
11. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
earthquake
color
geologic time scale
luster
12. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
hardnes
variations
Cenzoic era
cleavage
13. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
crust
seismogram
peat
natural selection
14. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
runoff
thermosphere
faults
sedimentary rocks
15. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
precipitation
deleterious
P waves
surface water
16. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
cleavage
lower mantle
hardnes
luster
17. 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.
intrusive igneous rocks
Paleozoic era
Hadean time
trace fossil
18. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
Cenzoic era
seismogram
greenhouse effect
deleterious
19. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
carbon sinks
Proterozoic era
stratum
hot spots
20. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
volcanoes
mineral grains
S waves
color
21. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
cast fossil
mold fossil
intrusive igneous rocks
folded mountains
22. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
color
evaporation
trace fossil
Devonian period
23. 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
environmental pressures
extrusive igneous rocks
thermosphere
Cenzoic era
24. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
cast fossil
thermosphere
shield volcano
crust
25. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
convergent boundaries
magma
sedimentary rocks
Devonian period
26. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
hot spots
Hadean time
thermosphere
trace fossil
27. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
ozone
trace fossil
convergent boundaries
peat
28. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
extrusive igneous rocks
crust
ozone
Paleozoic era
29. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
stratum
common ancestor
body fossil
upper mantle
30. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
Ring of Fire
mantle
environmental pressures
hot spots
31. The degree that a mineral reflects light
luster
color
geologic time scale
common ancestor
32. 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
surface water
upper mantle
earthquake
33. A layer of rock that contains fossils
stratum
tsunami
intrusive igneous rocks
infiltration
34. 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
Archaan era
mountain
inner core
trace fossil
35. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
earthquake
peat
folded mountains
stratum
36. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
hot spots
fossil
fault - block mountains
genetic mutations
37. 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
carbon sinks
continental drift
tsunami
Proterozoic era
38. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
cleavage
composite volcano/stratovolcano
natural selection
extrusive igneous rocks
39. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
Ring of Fire
subduction zone
tsunami
faults
40. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
outer core
S waves
composite volcano/stratovolcano
ozone
41. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
divergent boundaries
Paleozoic era
seismograph
precipitation
42. The part of the Earth that we live on
crust
evaporation
stratigraphy
mineral grains
43. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
shield volcano
peat
atmosphere
composite volcano/stratovolcano
44. The different ways a species can evolve
magma
variations
geologic time scale
tectonic plates
45. The process in which water soaks into the ground
stratum
infiltration
mantle
Proterozoic era
46. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
environmental pressures
runoff
thermosphere
mountain
47. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
extrusive igneous rocks
Cenzoic era
convergent boundaries
variations
48. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
upwarped mountains
thermosphere
body fossil
fossil
49. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
geologic time scale
lower mantle
troposphere
intrusive igneous rocks
50. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
tectonic plates
runoff
upper mantle
metamorphic rocks