Earth Science Practice

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How can a levee help prevent flooding? Options: It keeps rising water inside stream channels, It acts as a drain when water gets too high, It pulls water downstream before it can flood, It forms a lake with excess flooding

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It keeps rising water inside stream channels

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What kind of information is NOT recorded on a seismograph? Options: strength of an earthquake, information about when the next earthquake will occur, when the earthquake occurred, how long the earthquake lasted

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information about when the next earthquake will occur

Front

Which of these Georgia landforms is MOST likely to be affected by weathering? Lookout mountain, Okefenokee Swamp, Coosa River, Providence Canyon

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Providence Canyon

Front

Which of these Georgia landforms is MOST likely to be affected by weathering? Lookout mountain, Okefenokee Swamp, Coosa River, Providence Canyon

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Providence Canyon

Front

Which of the following is formed when sediment is dropped at the mouth of a river? (sand dune, delta, barrier island, sand spit)

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delta

Front

How does GPS technology help seismologists study earthquakes?

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It measures movement of the group along faults during earthquakes.

Front

Which of the following is formed when groundwater erodes soft rock? Options: landslide, mudslide, mountain, sinkhole

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sinkhole

Front

Which of the following landforms are formed by running water? sand dunes and sandbars, mesas and canyons, mountains and hills, canyons and volcanoes

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mesas and canyons

Front

Which is NOT a way that plants affect landforms? Options: by showing the erosion of sand dunes by wind, by stopping sinkholes from forming, by weathering rock with their roots, by holding soil in place with their roots

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by stopping sinkholes from forming

Front

How does a hot spot form a chain of volcanoes?

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Volcanoes form above a hot spot. The volcanoes move as the plate moves.