11. SSA Review - Landforms, Rock Cycle and Human Impacts

The state of Florida is a peninsula. What type of landform borders the Florida peninsula on three sides?

• river

• delta

• coastline

• mountain

Sand dunes can have many shapes and sizes. How is a natural sand dune formed?

• Windblown sand piles up on an open beach.

• Windblown sand is trapped by beach grass

  or other objects

• Sand is washed up on shore from the

  ocean and forms hills.

• Animals push sand into small hills as

  they burrow along a beach.

Earth’s surface has many different landforms. Look at the illustration. Which number indicates a dune?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How does a delta form?

• It forms when sediments are deposited at the mouth of a river

• It forms when sediments are carried away

  from an ocean or lake.

• It forms when sediments are deposited at the base of a mountain

• It forms when sediments are deposited along the banks of a river

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The Everglades has many types of living and nonliving things. Which of the following would you NOT likely find in the Everglades?

• islands

• plants

• mountains

• channels

The interaction between the cryosphere and hydrosphere can have an impact on Earth’s oceans. Which of the following is an example of an interaction between the cryosphere and hydrosphere?

• evaporation of water from oceans at the equator

• release of fresh water into ocean water as icebergs melt

• decomposition of organic matter at the bottom of oceans

• release of large amounts of salt from icebergs into the ocean

A model showing the processes that create and change rock.

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Rock Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

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Magma that reaches the surface flows from a volcano as ____________

• Magma

• Water

• Ice

• Lava

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These Rocks are formed from Magma and Lava

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

These Rocks are formed from Heat and Pressure

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary