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CSET Science: Geology
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1. The different ways a species can evolve
surface water
shield volcano
mold fossil
variations
2. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
ozone
Mesozoic era
deleterious
trace fossil
3. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
faults
natural selection
precipitation
mountain
4. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
common ancestor
radiometric dating
Hadean time
environmental pressures
5. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
folded mountains
upper mantle
trace fossil
genetic mutations
6. Volcano that occurs at divergent plates in underwater plates and creates lava from a mineral called basalt
environmental pressures
shield volcano
upper mantle
transform boundaries
7. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
intrusive igneous rocks
mountain
hydrosphere
mesophere
8. Mountains created when hot molten rock pushes up from the earth's mantle
continental drift
faults
peat
volcanoes
9. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
tectonic plates
upwarped mountains
mold fossil
seismogram
10. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
hardnes
outer core
faults
shield volcano
11. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
upwarped mountains
deleterious
cleavage
Mesozoic era
12. Time scale that scientists use to break up the historical changes on the Earth into eons - eras - periods - and epochs
variations
geologic time scale
Proterozoic era
mesophere
13. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
hardnes
stratigraphy
intrusive igneous rocks
tsunami
14. The limited supply of water there is
hydrosphere
shield volcano
Archaan era
cast fossil
15. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
stratum
inner core
evaporation
Mesozoic era
16. A layer of rock that contains fossils
P waves
Cenzoic era
stratum
greenhouse effect
17. 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
Proterozoic era
S waves
radiometric dating
divergent boundaries
18. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
Ring of Fire
variations
Devonian period
earthquake
19. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
crust
hydrosphere
geologic time scale
atmosphere
20. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
infiltration
color
continental drift
cleavage
21. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
hydrosphere
shield volcano
exosphere
cleavage
22. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
mantle
hardnes
fossil
groundwater
23. Seismic waves that are the slowest but most dangerous because they move on the surface and can knock buildings to the ground
natural selection
surface waves
mesophere
trace fossil
24. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
Cenzoic era
lower mantle
genetic mutations
atmosphere
25. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
seismograph
carbon sinks
lower mantle
peat
26. Fossil in which an animal's tracks - poop - nests - and bite marks have been preserved
trace fossil
common ancestor
natural selection
cleavage
27. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
volcanoes
body fossil
greenhouse effect
geologic time scale
28. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
geologic time scale
convergent boundaries
exosphere
color
29. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
shield volcano
evaporation
subduction zone
genetic mutations
30. 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
tectonic plates
continental drift
Pangaea
P waves
31. 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
tsunami
runoff
Pangaea
peat
32. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
metamorphic rocks
greenhouse effect
tsunami
runoff
33. 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
common ancestor
seismograph
Pangaea
cast fossil
34. The degree that a mineral reflects light
fault - block mountains
hot spots
continental drift
luster
35. Water that has infiltrated the ground
hydrosphere
groundwater
convergent boundaries
Proterozoic era
36. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
cinder cone volcano
genetic mutations
precipitation
folded mountains
37. The process in which plates move and shift
lower mantle
P waves
extrusive igneous rocks
continental drift
38. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
earthquake
seismogram
continental drift
cinder cone volcano
39. Molten rock
crust
magma
Devonian period
infiltration
40. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
stratosphere
seismograph
folded mountains
hot spots
41. The part of the Earth that we live on
deleterious
radiometric dating
subduction zone
crust
42. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
Devonian period
subduction zone
genetic mutations
Proterozoic era
43. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
outer core
convergent boundaries
thermosphere
luster
44. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
metamorphic rocks
hot spots
surface waves
fault - block mountains
45. The layer of the atmosphere that is 50 km above ground and is where the ozone layer is at
Archaan era
carbon sinks
stratosphere
sedimentary rocks
46. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
Paleozoic era
tectonic plates
troposphere
natural selection
47. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
mineral grains
thermosphere
peat
runoff
48. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
mold fossil
transform boundaries
variations
faults
49. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
geologic time scale
volcanoes
Proterozoic era
runoff
50. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
greenhouse effect
mantle
composite volcano/stratovolcano
upwarped mountains
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