Vocabulary Test (Earth Science)

What is all of the land that water flows over or through before reaching a lake or river?

• Watershed
• Valley
• Canyon
• Delta

What is a narrow valley with steep walls created by a river weathering or eroding away soft rocks?

• Watershed
• Drainage Basin
• Valley
• Canyon

What is the low areas between hills, often with a river running through it?

• Watershed
• Valley
• Canyon
• Delta

Pesticides, fertilizer, biological waste, and oil are all types of:

• runoff

• pollution

• sediment

• renewable resources

Canyons are natural landforms that have formed over time. What best describes the way canyons are formed?

• Weathering by wind

• Erosion by rivers

• Chemical changes by acid rain

• Deposition by glaciers

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called

• runoff

• surface water

• watershed

• ground water

An underground layer of rock or sediments that contains water and allows water to flow within.

• Meander
• Geyser
• Spring
• Aquifer

The breaking down of rocks, soil, plants, and minerals by nature.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Convection

The adding (or dropping off) of sediments, soil, and rocks to the land.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Convection

The amount of empty space in a material.

• Porosity
• Permeability