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CSET Science: Geology
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1. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
transform boundaries
sedimentary rocks
mantle
runoff
2. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
divergent boundaries
surface waves
Proterozoic era
thermosphere
3. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
deleterious
carbon sinks
subduction zone
color
4. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
hydrosphere
extrusive igneous rocks
Paleozoic era
groundwater
5. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
tectonic plates
cast fossil
Ring of Fire
hot spots
6. The degree that a mineral reflects light
ozone
luster
metamorphic rocks
mountain
7. Solid and extremely hot layer of the mantle that protects the core
precipitation
outer core
lower mantle
infiltration
8. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
upwarped mountains
infiltration
Mesozoic era
body fossil
9. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
hot spots
evaporation
greenhouse effect
10. Rocks that are formed through major changes like heat like plate movements and they cool down
lower mantle
metamorphic rocks
body fossil
mineral grains
11. 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.
hydrosphere
mantle
Paleozoic era
Silurian period
12. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
transform boundaries
stratigraphy
fault - block mountains
fossil
13. The part of the Earth that we live on
lower mantle
cast fossil
Proterozoic era
crust
14. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
exosphere
folded mountains
sedimentary rocks
lower mantle
15. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
earthquake
evaporation
thermosphere
continental drift
16. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground
fault - block mountains
mineral grains
natural selection
mold fossil
17. Plate tectonic boundaries where plates sllide horizontally pass each other and cause friction
thermosphere
composite volcano/stratovolcano
natural selection
transform boundaries
18. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
Ring of Fire
evaporation
S waves
groundwater
19. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
fossil
variations
environmental pressures
inner core
20. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
geologic time scale
precipitation
Hadean time
seismogram
21. The period when the first amphibians were born. Named after Devon - England where fossils were first discovered
seismograph
stratigraphy
tsunami
Devonian period
22. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
seismogram
mantle
genetic mutations
outer core
23. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
ozone
Cenzoic era
surface water
mantle
24. Thew ay a mineral breaks along its crystalline structure
cleavage
stratosphere
seismogram
transform boundaries
25. A basic type of landform that produces water - forms wind barriers
mountain
body fossil
ozone
folded mountains
26. The process in which plates move and shift
geologic time scale
genetic mutations
continental drift
color
27. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
deleterious
P waves
tectonic plates
surface water
28. 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
thermosphere
Hadean time
Mesozoic era
29. The limited supply of water there is
ozone
hydrosphere
composite volcano/stratovolcano
crust
30. 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
deleterious
peat
sedimentary rocks
mold fossil
31. The look of a mineral when scratched upon a porcelein plate
transform boundaries
color
sedimentary rocks
convergent boundaries
32. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
runoff
Paleozoic era
variations
convergent boundaries
33. The period where the first fish were formed
surface water
Silurian period
cleavage
Cenzoic era
34. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent
mantle
infiltration
crust
cinder cone volcano
35. The different ways a species can evolve
variations
Cenzoic era
hydrosphere
evaporation
36. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
color
crust
deleterious
hardnes
37. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
stratum
mesophere
greenhouse effect
P waves
38. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
transform boundaries
carbon sinks
cleavage
Pangaea
39. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
faults
Silurian period
fault - block mountains
exosphere
40. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
atmosphere
Pangaea
evaporation
genetic mutations
41. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer
surface water
upwarped mountains
cleavage
troposphere
42. Volcano that is formed at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates and the subducted plate melts into lava
carbon sinks
tsunami
environmental pressures
composite volcano/stratovolcano
43. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
convergent boundaries
environmental pressures
folded mountains
atmosphere
44. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
inner core
deleterious
mesophere
volcanoes
45. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass
thermosphere
mantle
Devonian period
geologic time scale
46. 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
common ancestor
seismograph
radiometric dating
natural selection
47. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
runoff
greenhouse effect
Pangaea
faults
48. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
groundwater
seismogram
peat
Mesozoic era
49. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
mountain
tectonic plates
Hadean time
fossil
50. 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
divergent boundaries
upwarped mountains
stratum