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CSET Science: Geology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground






2. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.






3. The different ways a species can evolve






4. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers






5. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments






6. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle






7. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers






8. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core






9. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle






10. The process in which plates move and shift






11. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils






12. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down






13. The limited supply of water there is






14. 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






15. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it






16. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them






17. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet






18. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other






19. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at






20. 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






21. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered






22. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA






23. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form






24. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer






25. Molten rock






26. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground






27. 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






28. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava






29. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate






30. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal






31. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans






32. The process in which water soaks into the ground






33. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface






34. 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.






35. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time






36. 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






37. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas






38. 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






39. Water that has infiltrated the ground






40. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation






41. The mega continent that was once a combination of all the world's continents millions of years ago






42. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved






43. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was






44. 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






45. The part of the Earth that we live on






46. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron






47. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle






48. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction






49. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees






50. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other