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CSET Science: Geology

Subjects : cset, science, geology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The animal in which a species has evolved from to specialize in their environments






2. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust






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






4. The period where the first fish were formed






5. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old






6. The process in which plates move and shift






7. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean






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






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






10. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet






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






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






13. The process in which water soaks into the ground






14. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA






15. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin






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






17. 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






18. Water that has infiltrated the ground






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






20. A volcano that is formed when ash and cinders are blown out of a single vent






21. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched






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






23. The act of using radioactive isotopes to date fossils






24. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart






25. 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






26. The limited supply of water there is






27. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere






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






29. The degree that a mineral reflects light






30. Earth layer made up of silicon - iron - magnesium - and oxygen and makes up most of the Earth's mass






31. Molten rock






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






33. The part of the Earth that we live on






34. A layer of rock that contains fossils






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






36. The crystals formed when igneous rocks cool underground






37. Era from 3.8 to 2.5 biillion years ago with the beginning of the geologic record and the formation of the first forms of rocks and bacteria






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






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






40. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans






47. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath






48. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved






49. The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is also known as the weather layer since snow - rain - and wind stick to this layer






50. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off