Earth Science S10 Vocabulary Quiz

What is evaporation?

• 1. water that falls from clouds to the earth in the form of hail, mist, rain, sleet or snow

• large piece of ice

• 1. process where liquids change to gas or vapor caused by heating

• 1. huge body of salt water covering the majority of earth’s surface

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What is a fossil?

• 1. a clue about an organism from the past that has been kept in rock for millions of years 

• 1. large mass of soil and rock that suddenly moves down the side of a steep surface 

• 1. a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

• 1. sections of rock that stick out in an environment

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What is a geologist?

• 1. sections of rock that stick out in an environment

• 1. water that falls from clouds to the earth in the form of hail, mist, rain, sleet or snow

• 1. a landform that forms when wind erodes and deposits sand sediments into large mounds of sand

• a scientist who studies the earth’s crust (rocks, landforms, volcanoes, etc.)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a glacier?

• large mass of soil and rock that suddenly moves down the side of a steep surface

• large piece of ice

• 1. huge body of salt water covering the majority of earth’s surface

• 1. water that falls from clouds to the earth in the form of hail, mist, rain, sleet or snow

What is a landslide?

• 1. a clue about an organism from the past that has been kept in rock for millions of years

• large piece of ice

• 1. large mass of soil and rock that suddenly moves down the side of a steep surface 

• 1. a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is an ocean?

• 1. process where liquids change to gas or vapor caused by heating

• 1. huge body of salt water covering the majority of earth’s surface

• 1. water that falls from clouds to the earth in the form of hail, mist, rain, sleet or snow

• large piece of ice

What is precipitation?

• 1. process where liquids change to gas or vapor caused by heating

• large piece of ice

• huge body of salt water covering the majority of earth’s surface

• 1. water that falls from clouds to the earth in the form of hail, mist, rain, sleet or snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What is a rock layer?

• 1. a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

• 1. sections of rock that stick out in an environment

• a clue about an organism from the past that has been kept in rock for millions of years

• 1. a landform that forms when wind erodes and deposits sand sediments into large mounds of sand

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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What is a rocky outcrop?

• 1. a landform that forms when wind erodes and deposits sand sediments into large mounds of sand

• large mass of soil and rock that suddenly moves down the side of a steep surface

• 1. a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

• 1. sections of rock that stick out in an environment

What is a sand dune?

• 1. large mass of soil and rock that suddenly moves down the side of a steep surface 

• 1. a clue about an organism from the past that has been kept in rock for millions of years 

• 1. a landform that forms when wind erodes and deposits sand sediments into large mounds of sand

• 1. a scientist who studies the earth’s crust (rocks, landforms, volcanoes, etc.)