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CSET Science: Geology
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1. The study of rock layers and the fossils contained inside of them
Ring of Fire
sedimentary rocks
mountain
stratigraphy
2. Mountains made up by faults - a huge crack in rock where movememnt happens where tectonic plates pull apart
groundwater
fault - block mountains
tectonic plates
sedimentary rocks
3. The process in which water soaks into the ground
natural selection
infiltration
atmosphere
divergent boundaries
4. The limited supply of water there is
radiometric dating
hydrosphere
infiltration
sedimentary rocks
5. 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
stratosphere
continental drift
runoff
6. Rocks made out of trapped magma that takes longer to cool beneath the surface
intrusive igneous rocks
crust
cleavage
S waves
7. Pieces of the Earth that make up its crust and float on top of the upper mantle
troposphere
cleavage
tectonic plates
fossil
8. All plants and animals have to compete for food - water - space and the fear of being eaten
deleterious
P waves
outer core
environmental pressures
9. 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
composite volcano/stratovolcano
Hadean time
evaporation
natural selection
10. Rocks that form when molten rock cools and hardens either deep underground or on the surface
P waves
mineral grains
extrusive igneous rocks
evaporation
11. The process in which plates move and shift
stratosphere
continental drift
radiometric dating
mantle
12. Layer of atmosphere that is above the stratosphere where the coldest temperature is reached at minus 90 degrees
P waves
mesophere
Devonian period
outer core
13. Mountains with sharp peaks and ridges caused when forces inside the earth push up parts of the crust
folded mountains
metamorphic rocks
radiometric dating
upwarped mountains
14. Soft and plastic layer of the mantle that allows plate tectonics to move
peat
luster
common ancestor
upper mantle
15. The way that water returns to earth by flowing on the surface into streams - lakes - and rivers
carbon sinks
magma
exosphere
runoff
16. Changes to genetic code that become permanent and can be bad - like sickle cell anemia and cancer
infiltration
body fossil
carbon sinks
deleterious
17. The thick - spongy substance that was created when swamp planst decomposed 300 million years ago. With heat - it becomes coal
trace fossil
mesophere
peat
volcanoes
18. The Earth's rivers - lakes - and oceans
common ancestor
surface water
mineral grains
earthquake
19. The mountain ranges taht is a result of when two tectonic plates collided with each other
folded mountains
inner core
outer core
shield volcano
20. The highest layer of the atmosphere where the atmosphere is very thin
exosphere
cinder cone volcano
stratigraphy
lower mantle
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
mesophere
Pangaea
hot spots
cast fossil
22. A mixture of gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen that wraps the earth like a blanket
greenhouse effect
mold fossil
intrusive igneous rocks
atmosphere
23. The form that water returns to earth as - like rain - snow - sleet - and hail
stratigraphy
precipitation
hydrosphere
Mesozoic era
24. Areas where oceanic earthquakes can occur when an ocean plate hits a continental plate and eventually goes underneath
sedimentary rocks
subduction zone
surface waves
inner core
25. The machine that is used to measure earthquakes
folded mountains
crust
intrusive igneous rocks
seismograph
26. Also known as the center of the earth - it is made out of mostly iron
surface waves
inner core
continental drift
tsunami
27. Remnant of an organism. They are found underground and are at least several thousands years old
fossil
upwarped mountains
extrusive igneous rocks
peat
28. Fossil in which a part of the organism that has been preserved
body fossil
fault - block mountains
surface water
convergent boundaries
29. Active boundary where tectonic plates meet
faults
crust
cast fossil
extrusive igneous rocks
30. 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
thermosphere
continental drift
Mesozoic era
troposphere
31. Document produced by the seismograph that shows how long and how intense an earthquake was
tsunami
surface water
seismogram
Paleozoic era
32. The process in which water changes from liquid to gas
stratigraphy
Paleozoic era
evaporation
infiltration
33. 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
Archaan era
mineral grains
Paleozoic era
cleavage
34. 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
crust
S waves
volcanoes
greenhouse effect
35. Tectonic plate boundaries where plates are moving apart and new crust is being formed by rock pushed up in the mantle
groundwater
tsunami
divergent boundaries
infiltration
36. Era from 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago when the Eaerth formed and the planet cooled off
Hadean time
Archaan era
magma
stratosphere
37. The warming up of the Earth because of certain gases in the atmosphere
intrusive igneous rocks
earthquake
greenhouse effect
cast fossil
38. Rocks that are made from bits and pieces of other rocks and dead animal and plants that have been pressed together over time
body fossil
sedimentary rocks
Paleozoic era
continental drift
39. The Earth's only liquid layer that is extremely hot and made out of iron and nickel
Archaan era
outer core
hot spots
common ancestor
40. 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.
intrusive igneous rocks
composite volcano/stratovolcano
faults
Paleozoic era
41. A gas that absorbs harmful UV rays and protects us from too much radiation
ozone
greenhouse effect
upper mantle
tsunami
42. A giant range of stratovolcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean
Hadean time
shield volcano
stratigraphy
Ring of Fire
43. Degree to which a mnieral can be scratched
greenhouse effect
hardnes
fault - block mountains
environmental pressures
44. Era from 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago when the continents formed and oxygen began. The first eukaryotic cells appear.
radiometric dating
Proterozoic era
faults
fault - block mountains
45. Changes that were made to the DNA and RNA
surface waves
shield volcano
genetic mutations
seismograph
46. A natural disaster caused by pressure deep within the Earth that splits the ground
earthquake
crust
faults
Hadean time
47. Modern era from 65 million years ago to now and known as the Age of the Mammals because of the birth of humans
geologic time scale
evaporation
tsunami
Cenzoic era
48. Organisms - like plants - that take more carbon out of the atmosphere than put into it
peat
carbon sinks
composite volcano/stratovolcano
body fossil
49. Areas of great heat and activity in the earth's mantle where shield volcanoes can form
cast fossil
S waves
hot spots
seismogram
50. Plate tectonic boundaries where the platse are moving toward each other with one plate eventually going under the other
convergent boundaries
upper mantle
Mesozoic era
P waves