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CSET Science: Geology
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1. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
subduction zone
magma
volcanoes
infiltration
2. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
greenhouse effect
convergent boundaries
fossil
exosphere
3. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
stratigraphy
inner core
fault - block mountains
runoff
4. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
surface water
Paleozoic era
thermosphere
stratosphere
5. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
Ring of Fire
hot spots
hydrosphere
body fossil
6. 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
evaporation
surface waves
inner core
P waves
7. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
genetic mutations
seismogram
Cenzoic era
magma
8. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
Devonian period
shield volcano
S waves
Paleozoic era
9. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
cleavage
seismogram
cinder cone volcano
mold fossil
10. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
upper mantle
fossil
lower mantle
geologic time scale
11. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
sedimentary rocks
surface water
Pangaea
groundwater
12. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
divergent boundaries
fault - block mountains
radiometric dating
earthquake
13. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
exosphere
upper mantle
carbon sinks
subduction zone
14. 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
infiltration
Mesozoic era
natural selection
tsunami
15. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
troposphere
cinder cone volcano
geologic time scale
environmental pressures
16. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
environmental pressures
peat
crust
folded mountains
17. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
Devonian period
deleterious
composite volcano/stratovolcano
stratigraphy
18. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
variations
mantle
cinder cone volcano
extrusive igneous rocks
19. The process in which plates move and shift
continental drift
cast fossil
common ancestor
evaporation
20. 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
S waves
fossil
genetic mutations
tsunami
21. 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
outer core
earthquake
cast fossil
Devonian period
22. 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
common ancestor
Cenzoic era
mold fossil
geologic time scale
23. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
extrusive igneous rocks
evaporation
troposphere
shield volcano
24. Molten rock
folded mountains
deleterious
magma
composite volcano/stratovolcano
25. The degree that a mineral reflects light
Paleozoic era
luster
hydrosphere
geologic time scale
26. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
Cenzoic era
surface waves
outer core
transform boundaries
27. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
composite volcano/stratovolcano
metamorphic rocks
Hadean time
mountain
28. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
stratosphere
Mesozoic era
ozone
seismograph
29. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
mesophere
Ring of Fire
earthquake
thermosphere
30. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
greenhouse effect
ozone
Hadean time
exosphere
31. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
surface waves
cinder cone volcano
environmental pressures
mesophere
32. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
atmosphere
hardnes
radiometric dating
mountain
33. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
color
groundwater
stratosphere
carbon sinks
34. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
cleavage
composite volcano/stratovolcano
continental drift
atmosphere
35. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils
surface waves
Silurian period
radiometric dating
common ancestor
36. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
atmosphere
composite volcano/stratovolcano
fossil
intrusive igneous rocks
37. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
Archaan era
peat
mesophere
trace fossil
38. The process in which water soaks into the ground
carbon sinks
infiltration
surface water
surface waves
39. 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.
luster
Paleozoic era
cast fossil
environmental pressures
40. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
evaporation
mineral grains
Proterozoic era
ozone
41. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
Cenzoic era
surface waves
Hadean time
common ancestor
42. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
peat
Ring of Fire
stratosphere
metamorphic rocks
43. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
Proterozoic era
surface water
body fossil
volcanoes
44. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
hydrosphere
geologic time scale
P waves
fault - block mountains
45. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
seismogram
hardnes
faults
Ring of Fire
46. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
earthquake
greenhouse effect
convergent boundaries
deleterious
47. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
stratigraphy
sedimentary rocks
cleavage
Paleozoic era
48. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
Devonian period
Cenzoic era
transform boundaries
upper mantle
49. The part of the Earth that we live on
seismograph
atmosphere
Archaan era
crust
50. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
sedimentary rocks
stratigraphy
tectonic plates
Mesozoic era