Quiz about Science Benchmark Review

Question 1

What is anything that has mass and takes up space, and make up of very small particles too small to be seen?

Accepted Answer

Matter

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Mixture

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Solution

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Mass

Question 2

What are the 3 states of matter?

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Solid, liquid, gas

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Mixture, solution, solute

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Solid, solution, saturation

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Liquid, gas, solvent

Question 3

Which of the following is not a solid?

Accepted Answer

Soda

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Table

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Chair

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Brick

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a liquid?

Accepted Answer

Soda

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Oxygen

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Carbon

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Rock

Question 5

Which of the following is not an example of gas?

Accepted Answer

Water

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Air

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Oxygen

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Nitrogen

Question 6

I have a definite shape and volume. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Solid

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Liquid

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Gas

Question 7

I have a definite volume, but my shape can change according to the shape of my container. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Liquid

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Solid

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Gas

Question 8

I have no definite shape and no definite volume. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Gas

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Solid

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Liquid

Question 9

Particles in a ________ are very close to each other, or packed tightly. The particles vibrate, but stay in the same place.

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Solid

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Liquid

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Gas

Question 10

Particles in a ______ are close to one another, but they are able to move, or spread, apart from each other and move from place to place.

Accepted Answer

Liquid

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Gas

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Solid

Question 11

Particles in a _____ easily move far apart from each other and spread out through the available space.

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Gas

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Liquid

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Solid

Question 12

I am composed of 2 or more substances that are mixed together but CAN be easily separated from each other. For example: sand, marbles, and corn. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Mixture

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Solution

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Solvent

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Solute

Question 13

What is a special type of mixture that cannot be seen as separate substances, one substance dissolves into another substance? For example: saltwater

Accepted Answer

Solution

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Mixture

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Solvent

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Solute

Question 14

This is the process used to separate solids and liquids using a filter. What is it?

Accepted Answer

Filtration

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Sifting

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Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction

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Evaporation

Question 15

This is the process used to separate smaller solid particles from larger solid particles using a screen or strainer. What is it?

Accepted Answer

Sifting

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Filtration

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Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction

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Evaporation

Question 16

This is the process that is used to separate magnetic material from a mixture of other substances. What is it?

Accepted Answer

Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction

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Filtration

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Sifting

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Evaporation

Question 17

This is the process used to separate a solid that has dissolved in a liquid solution changing the liquid to a gas. What is it?

Accepted Answer

Evaporation

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Filtration

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Sifting

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Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction

Question 18

This is the process used to separate solids that float from solids that do not float. What is it?

Accepted Answer

Floatation

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Filtration

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Sifting

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Magnetism/Magnetic Attraction

Question 19

What substance in a solution is in the greatest amount?

Accepted Answer

Solvent

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Solution

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Solute

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Solid

Question 20

What substance in a solution is in the least amount?

Accepted Answer

Solute

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Solution

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Solvent

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Solid

Question 21

In a salt water solution, what is the solvent?

Accepted Answer

Water

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Salt

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Sugar

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Concentration

Question 22

How fast a solute dissolves in the solvent is called?

Accepted Answer

Rate of dissolving

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Stirring

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Evaporation

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Flotation

Question 23

The rate of dissolving can be affected by several factors. What are some of those factors?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Stirring

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Temperature

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Time

Question 24

What is the universal (most common) solvent?

Accepted Answer

Water

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Lemonade

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Soda

Question 25

Is koolaid a mixture or solution?

Accepted Answer

Solution

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Mixture

Question 26

Is paperclips and wood a mixture or solution?

Accepted Answer

Mixture

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Solution

Question 27

How would you separate a marker?

Accepted Answer

Chromatography

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Filtration

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Sifting

Question 28

What is a combination of two or more substances?

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Mixture

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Solvent

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Solute

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Solid

Question 29

Is a rusty nail a chemical or physical change?

Accepted Answer

chemical

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physical

Question 30

Is melting crayons a physical or chemical change?

Accepted Answer

Physical

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Chemical

Question 31

Is shredding cheese a chemical or physical change?

Accepted Answer

physical

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chemical

Question 32

Is baking a pie a physical or chemical change?

Accepted Answer

Chemical

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Physical

Question 33

Are burnt cookies a chemical or physical change?

Accepted Answer

chemical

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physical

Question 34

1.  What is a push or a pull?

Accepted Answer

force

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load

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matter

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momentum

Question 35

3.  The first grid shows the starting position of a car, and the second grid shows the car's the ending position. Looking at the two grids, which statement describes the direction of the car?

Accepted Answer

The car traveled two blocks east and three blocks north.

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The car traveled at 25 miles per hour.

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The car did not travel at all.

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The car traveled slowly.

Question 36

4.  The speedometer in a car shows the speed a car is moving.  What does speed mean?

Accepted Answer

the distance traveled in a certain amount of time

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the distance a car travels

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the time it takes to get somewhere

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the change of motion during the time traveled

Question 37

5.  Use the pictures below to describe what occurs when like poles or opposite poles of magnets are near each other.

Accepted Answer

When like (same) poles of magnets are near each other the poles repel.

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When opposite poles of magnets are near each other the poles repel.

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When like (same) poles of magnets are near each other the poles attract.

Question 38

6.  Which force keeps the earth moving around the sun and the moon moving around the earth?

Accepted Answer

Gravity

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Friction

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Magnetism

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Acceleration

Question 39

Look at the amount of force being added to each side of the car.

What direction will the car move?

Accepted Answer

The car will move 5 Newtons to the left

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The car will move 5 Newtons to the right

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The car will not move because it is balanced

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The car will move 15 Newtons to the right

Question 40

Look at the forces being applied on the box.

Is the box balanced or unbalanced?

Accepted Answer

Unbalanced

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Balanced

Question 41

Look at the forces being applied to the box.

Is the box balanced or unbalanced?

Accepted Answer

Balanced

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Unbalanced

Question 42

7.  _____ is a force that resists the motion of two objects when they rub against each other.

Accepted Answer

Friction

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Gravity

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Electricity

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Acceleration

Question 43

8.  The class is playing tug of war during recess.  There are 10 students on either side of the rope.  What might be the reason that no one has moved?

Accepted Answer

The teams have equal and opposite force.

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One team has more force than the other.

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One team has half the force of the other.

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The teams have unequal and opposite force.

Question 44

16.  Amy, Jessica, and Kristen entered the softball throw.  Amy threw the softball 12 meters, Jessica threw the ball 10 meters, and Kristen threw the ball 13 meters.  Who applied the greatest force to the softball?

Accepted Answer

Kristen

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Amy

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Jessica

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Each applied the same force.

Question 45

20.  Which surface will produce the MOST friction as a ball rolls across it?

Accepted Answer

Option C is correct

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A.

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B.

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D.

Question 46

26.  A force can...

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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make an object move

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make an object stop moving

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slow an object down

Question 47

30.  If you want a surface to have LESS friction, make it...

Accepted Answer

smoother

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wider

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rougher

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thinner

Question 48

40.  A lubricant such as oil ___________ friction.

Accepted Answer

reduces (makes it less)

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increases (makes it greater)

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will not change

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stops

Question 49

44.  Forces always occur in...

Accepted Answer

pairs

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opposite directions

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groups of three

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the same direction

Question 50

48.   ____________ objects are affected by gravity.

Accepted Answer

all

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few

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some

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most

Question 51

The graph shows the distance that an object traveled over time.

How far did the object travel in 8 seconds?

Accepted Answer

8m

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6m

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4m

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2m

Question 52

A tributary is a river or stream that flows into a larger...

Accepted Answer

river or lake

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ocean or sea

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river or ocean

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valley or delta

Question 53

Runoff is...

Accepted Answer

water that flows across the surface of the land

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water that flows under ground

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precipitation that falls from the sky

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water that runs through a stream

Question 54

Ground water is...

Accepted Answer

water that collects underground in lakes and rivers

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water that flows across the surface of the ground

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any water that touches the ground

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water that falls from the  clouds as precipitation

Question 55

A watershed is ALL of the _____ that water flows over or through before reaching the same body of water.

Accepted Answer

land

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rocks

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water

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valleys

Question 56

What type of water is found in a river?

Accepted Answer

fresh water only

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salt water only

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a mixture of fresh and salt water

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water that does not move

Question 57

What falls from the sky and creates water that flows downhill in a watershed?

Accepted Answer

precipitation

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condensation

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evaporation

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runoff

Question 58

Which of the following is in the correct size order from LARGEST to smallest?

Accepted Answer

river - stream - creek

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stream - creek - river

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creek - river - ocean

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stream - river - aquifer

Question 59

Water in a watershed flows..

Accepted Answer

downhill toward a lake, river, or ocean

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uphill toward the top of the mountain

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across the ground and is soaked up

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only into lakes and ponds

Question 60

What is weathering?

Accepted Answer

process that breaks down rocks on or near the surface

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the movement of sediments and soil

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the dropping or depositing of sediments

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the building up of an existing land form or creating a new one

Question 61

What is erosion?

Accepted Answer

the movement of sediments and soil

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process that breaks down rocks on or near the surface

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the building up of an existing land form or creating a new one

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the dropping or depositing of sediments

Question 62

What is deposition?

Accepted Answer

the dropping or depositing of sediments

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process that breaks down rocks on or near the surface

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the building up of an existing land form or creating a new one

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the movement of sediments and soil

Question 63

A large flat area of land that has low hills

Accepted Answer

plains

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trench

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mountain range

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valley

Question 64

A narrow, elongated v-shaped depression in the ocean floor

Accepted Answer

trench

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plains

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mountain range

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canyon

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