Earth Science review 5th grade

What is a renewable resource?

• A resource that can be replaced or recycled.

• A resource that will not run out.

• A resource that cannot be replaced at all, or cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.

What is a non-renewable resource?

• A resource that can be replaced or recycled.

• A resource that will not run out.

• A resource that cannot be replaced at all, or cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.

Certain land features form where plates meet. Which land feature forms where two continental plates collide?

• glaciers

• oceans

• mountains

• trenches

The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by natural processes is called _________.

• deposition

• fossilization

• sediment

• weathering

The technology of a seismograph is helpful to humans because it ________.

• determines the height of tidal waves

• records historical temperature extremes

• identifies locations with poor soil

• helps detect and measure earthquakes

What does physical weathering involve?

• Water

• Wind

• Temperature

• All of the Above

How might a weathered mountain appear different from an unweathered mountain?

• The weathered mountain might be taller.

• The weathered mountain would appear rounder.

• The weathered mountain would be more jagged

• Weathered mountain would contain less trees.

What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?

• Weathering

• Raining

• Erosion

• Breaking

Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shining on a mountain

• Wind blowing away sediment.

• Rain breaking down rock.

• All of the above.

What types of rocks are formed by weathering?

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Igneous Rocks

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Volcanic Rocks