Science Test 1

matter that settles at the bottom of a liquid

• sediment

• source

• mineral

the shaking of the earth's crust

• landform

• earthquake

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A place in the earth where magma can erupt as lava is a ​ (a)  

• volcano
• landslide
• source

The place where a river begins, usually high in the mountains, is its ______

• mouth

• source

• delta

A natural formation of a rock or soil on the earth's surface is called a

Seventy percent of the earth is covered by

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A new landform made by soil deposited at the end of a river is a

• source

• mouth

• delta

A​ ​ (a)   is a substance in the earth that has never been alive.

• mineral
• humus

Match the following

• erosion

• hot, liquid rock found in the earth's mantle

• fertile

• the loss of topsoil by water or wind

• magma

• to plant different crops from year to year

• gully

• soil in which plants grow well

• rotate

• a ditch formed where soil washed away

Match the following

• water runoff

• the top layer of the earth's crust

• landslide

• the very center of the earth

• core

• large mass of moving rock or soil from a mountain or cliff

• bedrock

• precipitation on land that eventually trickles into streams

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