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CSET Science: Geology
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1. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
atmosphere
fault - block mountains
seismograph
peat
2. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
hydrosphere
sedimentary rocks
surface water
crust
3. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
troposphere
cinder cone volcano
extrusive igneous rocks
thermosphere
4. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
transform boundaries
surface water
fossil
surface waves
5. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
stratosphere
intrusive igneous rocks
environmental pressures
surface waves
6. The different ways a species can evolve
surface waves
variations
Paleozoic era
Ring of Fire
7. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
hydrosphere
shield volcano
volcanoes
cleavage
8. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
Paleozoic era
fault - block mountains
shield volcano
stratigraphy
9. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
continental drift
Silurian period
Cenzoic era
hydrosphere
10. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
variations
faults
body fossil
cinder cone volcano
11. The limited supply of water there is
hydrosphere
continental drift
faults
thermosphere
12. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
transform boundaries
fossil
intrusive igneous rocks
mantle
13. The part of the Earth that we live on
crust
radiometric dating
evaporation
peat
14. A layer of rock that contains fossils
stratum
outer core
runoff
convergent boundaries
15. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
upper mantle
tectonic plates
groundwater
extrusive igneous rocks
16. 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.
evaporation
stratum
environmental pressures
Mesozoic era
17. 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
genetic mutations
mesophere
cast fossil
transform boundaries
18. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
faults
Mesozoic era
seismogram
carbon sinks
19. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
hardnes
seismograph
genetic mutations
tectonic plates
20. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
Devonian period
infiltration
evaporation
stratosphere
21. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
Cenzoic era
ozone
faults
crust
22. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
inner core
convergent boundaries
shield volcano
upwarped mountains
23. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
faults
Hadean time
outer core
S waves
24. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
hydrosphere
transform boundaries
greenhouse effect
Paleozoic era
25. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
Devonian period
magma
peat
mineral grains
26. 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
outer core
thermosphere
inner core
27. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
cinder cone volcano
evaporation
troposphere
inner core
28. The process in which plates move and shift
S waves
tsunami
continental drift
Devonian period
29. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
stratigraphy
hot spots
earthquake
deleterious
30. The degree that a mineral reflects light
upwarped mountains
natural selection
S waves
luster
31. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
deleterious
tectonic plates
folded mountains
sedimentary rocks
32. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
convergent boundaries
tectonic plates
seismogram
tsunami
33. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
exosphere
stratosphere
fossil
mantle
34. The process in which water soaks into the ground
inner core
infiltration
Proterozoic era
runoff
35. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
stratigraphy
seismogram
trace fossil
folded mountains
36. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
continental drift
luster
atmosphere
greenhouse effect
37. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
peat
genetic mutations
cinder cone volcano
mineral grains
38. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
upwarped mountains
metamorphic rocks
continental drift
groundwater
39. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
exosphere
hardnes
environmental pressures
mountain
40. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
shield volcano
luster
evaporation
lower mantle
41. 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
evaporation
thermosphere
divergent boundaries
composite volcano/stratovolcano
42. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
volcanoes
inner core
crust
surface water
43. The period where the first fish were formed
extrusive igneous rocks
folded mountains
mold fossil
Silurian period
44. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
divergent boundaries
mineral grains
intrusive igneous rocks
geologic time scale
45. Water that has infiltrated the ground
groundwater
stratosphere
volcanoes
fossil
46. Molten rock
composite volcano/stratovolcano
magma
greenhouse effect
Mesozoic era
47. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
folded mountains
cast fossil
common ancestor
hot spots
48. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
radiometric dating
extrusive igneous rocks
folded mountains
composite volcano/stratovolcano
49. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
deleterious
Paleozoic era
troposphere
carbon sinks
50. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
divergent boundaries
thermosphere
runoff
earthquake