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WorksheetsCH. 4 LANDFORMS, WATER, and NATURAL RESOURCES
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Earth's center where temperatures and pressures are high
a)
apple
b)
core
c)
lava
d)
ocean
2.
The inner core is...
a)
solid
b)
soft
c)
black
d)
loose
3.
The outer core is mostly made of...
a)
sand
b)
water
c)
rocks
d)
iron and nickel
4.
Zone that has most of Earth's mass
a)
mantle
b)
lithosphere
c)
biosphere
d)
mountains
5.
Liquid rock within Earth
a)
magma
b)
lava
c)
fire
d)
glass
6.
When liquid rock is spilled out onto the surface
a)
magma
b)
volcanoes
c)
lava
d)
flood
7.
Vents that magma erupt from
a)
volcanoes
b)
holes
c)
horns
d)
earth
8.
Forces within the planet that create landforms
-Theory that state Earth's crust is divided into more than a dozen rigid, slow-moving plates
-Theory that state Earth's crust is divided into more than a dozen rigid, slow-moving plates
a)
plate tectonics
b)
plate technology
c)
ridges
d)
dirt
9.
Plates slowly moving across the upper mantle
a)
valley
b)
continental shelves
c)
plate tectonics
d)
continental drift
10.
Places on Earth's surface where the crust stretches until it breaks
a)
ridges
b)
valleys
c)
rift valleys
d)
folds
11.
Biggest Rift Valleys are located in...
a)
Eastern Africa
b)
Western Africa
c)
Australia
d)
Europe
12.
World's flattest and smoothest regions
a)
abyssal plains
b)
mountains
c)
plateus
d)
glaciers
13.
Areas where continental surfaces extend under the shallow ocean water around the continents
a)
shallow water
b)
ocean floor
c)
continental shelves
d)
continental drift
14.
Deep valley marking a collision of plates, where one plate slides under another
a)
valley plates
b)
sliding plates
c)
colliding plates
d)
trench
15.
Heat generated by a trench may produce a row of...
a)
fire
b)
volcanoes
c)
lava
d)
magma
16.
Places where rocks have been compressed into bends by colliding plates
a)
sediment
b)
fold over
c)
folds
d)
rock bends
17.
Places where rock masses have been broken apart and are moving from each other
a)
erosion
b)
sediments
c)
earthquake
d)
faults
18.
The process by which rocks break and decay over time
a)
weathering
b)
evaporation
c)
erosion
d)
condensation
19.
Small particles of weathered rock
a)
sand
b)
seeds
c)
sediment
d)
deposition
20.
Movement of surface material from one location to another by water, wind, and ice
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
soil
d)
erosion
21.
Thick masses of ice, including great ice sheets and bodies of ice that flow down mountains like slow rivers
a)
ice
b)
glaciers
c)
snow
d)
hail
22.
An elevated flatland that rises sharply above nearby land on at least one side
a)
peninsula
b)
plateau
c)
valley
d)
delta
23.
Fan-shaped deposit of mud and gravel often found along the bases of mountains
a)
river
b)
desert
c)
alluvial fan
d)
grain mass
24.
Accumulation of sediment at the mouth of a river
a)
delta
b)
landform
c)
soil
d)
rocks
25.
The ball in this object is the...
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
26.
The second layer of this object is the...
a)
outer core
b)
mantle
27.
What's erupting?
a)
lava
b)
magma
28.
What's spread over ground?
a)
lava
b)
magma
29.
Theory that earth is divided into twelve zones
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
30.
What is this object portraying?
a)
ridges
b)
rift valleys
31.
What has happened here?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
32.
What's this smooth surface called?
a)
smooth ridges
b)
abyssal plains
33.
What is the bottom of the object (brown)?
a)
continental drift
b)
continental shelves
34.
One plate slides under another
a)
trench
b)
folds
35.
What is this?
a)
faults
b)
folds
36.
Rock masses broken apart
a)
delta
b)
faults
37.
Rocks break and decay over time
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
38.
Small weathered rock
a)
sediment
b)
glass
39.
What's happening here?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
40.
Bodies of ice that flow down mountains like slow ice
a)
glaciers
b)
icicles
41.
Elevated flatland
a)
plateau
b)
mountain
42.
Deposit of mud and gravel found along bases of mountains
a)
trench
b)
alluvial fan
43.
What does this picture depict?
a)
sediment
b)
delta
44.
Process of removing salt from ocean water
a)
desalt
b)
desalinization
c)
dewash
45.
Movement of water through the hydrosphere
a)
hydrolics
b)
hydrologic cycle
c)
H2O
46.
First and smallest streams formed from the runoff of a mountain, eventually forming rivers
a)
headwaters
b)
head way
c)
tributary
47.
Any smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river
a)
tributary
b)
headwaters
c)
watershed
48.
The entire region drained by a river and its tributaries
a)
watershed
b)
tributary
c)
headwaters
49.
A region drained by a river and its tributaries
a)
tributary
b)
watershed
c)
drainage basin
50.
Semi-enclosed bodies of waters, seawater, and fresh water formed where a river meets an inlet of the sea
a)
watershed
b)
river
c)
estuaries
51.
Landscapes that are covered with water for at least part of the year
a)
drainage basin
b)
estuaries
c)
wetlands
52.
Water found below ground
a)
estuaries
b)
wetlands
c)
groundwater
53.
The groundwater level at which all the cracks and spaces in rock are filled with water
a)
groundwater
b)
wetlands
c)
water table
54.
Salt being removed for our use?
a)
desaline
b)
desalinization
55.
Driven by solar energy, winds, and gravity
a)
hydrologic cycle
b)
headwaters
56.
When they join they form larger streams
a)
watershed
b)
headwaters
57.
Arkansas, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers are all major ____ of the Mississippi River
a)
tributary
b)
groundwater
58.
Whole region drained
a)
watershed
b)
groundwater
59.
Drained by a river and its tributaries
a)
drainage basin
b)
wetlands
60.
What has been formed here?
a)
estuaries
b)
wetlands
61.
These are covered with water part of the year
a)
groundwater
b)
wetlands
62.
What is this process?
a)
wetlands
b)
groundwater
63.
All spaces filled with water
a)
water table
b)
groundwater
64.
Broken - down plant and animal matter in soil
a)
humus
b)
soil conditioning
c)
fertilizer
d)
soil exhaustion
65.
Downward movement of minerals and humus in soils
a)
leaching
b)
humus
c)
filtrate
d)
extract
66.
Plowing fields across a hill, rather than up and down the hill
a)
contour plowing
b)
plowing fields
c)
crop rotation
d)
reforestation
67.
Condition in which soil has lost nutrients and becomes nearly useless for farming
a)
soil exhaustion
b)
soil salinization
c)
soot
d)
land
68.
Practice of planting different crops in a field in alternating years
a)
crop rotation
b)
contour plowing
c)
reforestation
d)
deforestation
69.
Process in which water is artificially supplied to the land
a)
inundation
b)
irrigation
c)
aqueducts
d)
fossil water
70.
Salt buildup in the soil
a)
soil exhaustion
b)
soil salinization
c)
desalinization
d)
sodium
71.
Destruction or loss of forests
a)
desertification
b)
deforestation
c)
denuding
d)
reforestation
72.
Replanting of a forest
a)
deforestation
b)
afforestation
c)
reforestation
d)
forest
73.
Polluted rain that can damage trees and kill fish in lakes
a)
aqueducts
b)
aquifers
c)
acid rain
d)
ore
74.
Artificial channels for transporting water
a)
acid rain
b)
ore
c)
aqueducts
d)
fossil fuels
75.
Rock layers where groundwater is plentiful
a)
acid rain
b)
aqueducts
c)
aquifers
d)
artesian
76.
Groundwater that is not replenished by rain
a)
fossil fuels
b)
deposit
c)
petrifaction
d)
fossil water
77.
Mineral bearing rock
a)
metal
b)
parent rock
c)
metalic
d)
ore
78.
Energy resources formed from remains of ancient plants and animals
a)
fossil water
b)
electricity
c)
gas
d)
fossil fuels
79.
Certain products made from oil
a)
chemicals
b)
minerals
c)
plowing
d)
petrochemicals
80.
Electricity produced by moving water
a)
electric
b)
ore
c)
aqueducts
d)
hydroelectric power
81.
Heat of Earth's interior
a)
thermic
b)
geothermal energy
c)
heated
d)
sizzling
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