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WorksheetsQuarter 2 Earth Science Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these is an example of mechanical weathering?
a)
Acid Rain
b)
Plant Acids
c)
Ice Wedging
d)
Oxidation
2.
Which of these is an example of mechanical weathering?
a)
Acid Rain
b)
Plant Acids
c)
Rusting
d)
Animals Burrowing
3.
Which of these is an example of chemical weathering?
a)
Acid Rain
b)
Ice Wedging
c)
Shingles expanding in the heat
d)
Animals Burrowing
4.
Which of these is an example of chemical weathering?
a)
Plant Roots
b)
Ice Wedging
c)
Shingles expanding in the heat
d)
Rusting
5.
Which of these are the five factors of soil development?
a)
Slope, Time, Climate, Parent Material, Biota
b)
Time, Climate, Biota, Human Activity, Parent Material
c)
Parent Material, Slope, Time, Biota, Human Activity
d)
Human Activity, Biota, Time, Climate, Slope
6.
Another name for topsoil is...
a)
Horizon A
b)
Horizon B
c)
Horizon C
d)
Horizon D
7.
Which horizon has the most parent material?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
8.
Which horizon is greatly affected because nutrients are leached into the layer?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
Which Horizon has the most nutrients?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
10.
Which horizon has the least amount of nutrients?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
11.
What can you do around your house to reduce soil erosion?
a)
Spray dry soil with water so it can't be picked up
b)
Build terraces/retaining walls
c)
Cover bare soil with vegetation or straw
d)
All of these choices are true
12.
What are the point of silt fences?
a)
To cover bare soil
b)
To keep the wind from picking up bare soil
c)
To keep out animals that will dig up the soil
d)
To keep up the good look of the neighborhood
13.
Why is tilling on a farm contributing to soil erosion?
a)
Uncovers the soil, leaving it exposed.
b)
Covers the soil, leaving it unexposed
c)
Farmers just like to spend extra time in the field
d)
Tilling does not contribute to soil erosion
14.
Which of these describes no-till farming?
a)
Keeping animals off of farm fields in the winter
b)
Making sure you plant crops by April 11.
c)
Leaving crops in the field over the winter to keep soil covered
d)
Putting extra fertilizers on the fields in the spring.
15.
What soil erosion reduction method is shown in the picture?
a)
Contour Farming
b)
No-till farming
c)
Geogrids
d)
Terracing
16.
What word is associated with the erosion force Wind?
a)
Canyon
b)
U-Shaped Valley
c)
Loess
d)
Plucking
17.
What word is associated with the erosion force Glaciers?
a)
Canyon
b)
U-Shaped Valley
c)
Loess
d)
Channel
18.
What word is associated with the erosion force Water?
a)
Canyon
b)
U-Shaped Valley
c)
Loess
d)
Plucking
19.
How is Loess created?
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
c)
Weathering
d)
Santa is magical
20.
How is a moraine created?
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
c)
Weathering
d)
Ruduloph is neat
21.
How are rockslides, landslides, mudslides, creep and slump created?
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
c)
Weathering
d)
Ms. Schwartz is the best
22.
Which term means to move?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Soil
23.
Which term means to drop?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Lemon Drops
24.
Which term means to break down?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Mrs. Schultz's dance moves
25.
Which area in Iowa was created by glaciers?
a)
Paleozoic Plateau
b)
Alluvial Plains
c)
Loess Hills
d)
Des Moines Lobe
26.
What force of erosion created the Paleozoic Plateau and Alluvial Plains?
a)
Wind
b)
Water
c)
Gravity
d)
Glaciers
27.
What area of Iowa was created primarily by the wind?
a)
Iowan Surface
b)
Southern Iowa Drift Plain
c)
Des Moines Lobe
d)
Loess Hills
28.
How does pollution get into groundwater?
a)
Seeps in through impermeable layers
b)
Seeps in through permeable layers
c)
Air pollution creates smog
d)
The water table rises
29.
How much of the earth is freshwater?
a)
3%
b)
30%
c)
68%
d)
97%
30.
Which of these statements is true of freshwater?
a)
It's completely accessible.
b)
It's clean and pure.
c)
It's mainly locked in sources too far underground.
d)
It's mainly locked in frozen sources like glaciers.
31.
Which of these statements is true about runoff?
a)
It easily picks up pollutants and contributes to poorer water quality.
b)
It has no role in making water quality poorer.
c)
It only happens in a heavy rain.
d)
It only contributes water in 5 watersheds.
32.
An area of land that contributes water to a body of water, is called a(n)....
a)
aquifer
b)
permeable
c)
watershed
d)
percolate
33.
An area of rock underground that stores and allows water to move is called a(n)...
a)
aquifer
b)
permeable
c)
watershed
d)
percolate
34.
What is found at the top of the saturated zone?
a)
Watershed
b)
Spring
c)
Water Table
d)
Impermeable Layer
35.
What are the three major parts of the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation, Condensation, Percolation
b)
Evaporation, Transpiration, Precipitation
c)
Condensation, Transpiration, Precipitation
d)
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
36.
Which of these terms does not allow water to move throughout?
a)
Aquifer
b)
Impermeable
c)
Groundwater
d)
Permeable
37.
The place where the water table meets the surface is called a(n)...
a)
spring
b)
aquifer
c)
permeable
d)
impermeable
38.
What are the two factors that affect runoff's damaging powers the most?
a)
Volume and Velocity
b)
Charge and Consistency
c)
Readiness and Reliability
d)
Amount and Average Weight
39.
Are you going to pass this Quarter 2 test?!
a)
YES
b)
No
c)
Maybe so.
d)
I sure hope.
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