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Worksheets3rd Six Weeks Vocab
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Exploration
a)
The search for fossil fuels
b)
People that go look for new land
2.
Sedimentary Rocks
a)
Rocks made from lava
b)
Rocks created from sediments
c)
Rocks made under heat and pressure
d)
Shell Rock
3.
Fossil fuels
a)
Non renewable
b)
Solar
c)
Non-renewable fuels created From once living organisms. The opposite of alternative energy,
d)
Hydroelectric
4.
Oil
a)
Formed from dead plants
b)
What goes in the car
c)
Liquid Fossil Fuel created from dead animals
d)
Alternative Energy
5.
Natural gas
a)
Alternative Energy
b)
Something we all have but it's not social acceptable to produce
c)
An alternative fuel source that comes from cows that is going to be the gasoline of the future
d)
The Gas form of a fossil fuel
6.
Coal
a)
Fuel created from dead plants
b)
Fuel created from dead animals
c)
Renewable
d)
A very expensive fossil fuel
7.
Sediment
a)
What you don't want on your white pants
b)
A solute that mixes with water
c)
Bits of rock that have been broken off
d)
A solvent that conatins no water
8.
Compaction
a)
To apply a push force upon
b)
To pull on
c)
Pressure put on something for a long period of time
d)
To cause an object to become minature
9.
Cementation
a)
A loose material that allows water to pass through
b)
Material that is used to make foundations
c)
My sisters baked goods seem to have this property
d)
Sediments that become "glued" together with mud and under pressure can form a rock
10.
Erosion
a)
The sediments that drop off
b)
The moment of earth materials
c)
The process of breaking off sediments
d)
A process that is much needed to create beautiful spots on the earth
11.
Decompose
a)
To break down once living tissues back into soil
b)
To write music
c)
To build up
d)
What you don't want in your garden
12.
Decay
a)
To rebuild
b)
To restore
c)
To make better than you found it
d)
To rot, fall apart, decompose
13.
Recognize
a)
To be able be familiar with
b)
Not able to be familiar with
c)
Who are you?
d)
Where am I?
14.
Landform
a)
An iceberg is a good example of this
b)
Geography features of the earth
c)
A form of land that is moveable
d)
Loose earth materials that gravity pulls down a hill
15.
Delta
a)
Deposition of ice materials in a river or large snow bank
b)
Erosion
c)
Fan shaped deposition often at the end of a river
d)
Triangle
16.
Canyon
a)
U shaped valley made by lava
b)
V shaped valley made by Ice
c)
U shaped valley from by wind
d)
V shaped valley carved by a water
17.
Sand dune
a)
Deposition of sand by wind
b)
Deposition of sand by ice
c)
Deposition of sand by tornados
d)
The erosion process of sand
18.
Wind
a)
Kinetic motion of thermal energy
b)
Kinetic motion of air
19.
Water
a)
The source of all life on earth
b)
Melts exactly at 1 C
c)
H2O, most common solvent
d)
The most common solutue
20.
Ice
a)
What you must have in your tea
b)
Water that has reached 100 C
c)
Water that has reached 0 C
d)
Water that has reached 1 C
21.
Sediment
a)
Tiny bits of weathered rock
b)
Tiny bits of lava
c)
Tiny bits of atoms that are difficult to move
d)
Are not a type of matter but of energy
22.
Deposit (deposition)
a)
I wish this happened more into my bank account
b)
The movement of materials
c)
The movement of sediment
d)
Sediments that falls out of the bottom of a glacier
23.
Glacier
a)
Rivers of water that gravity pulls down
b)
Is made when a river slows down
c)
Rivers of ice that gravity pulls down
d)
They are very common in Texas
24.
Valley
a)
The point at which a river slows down
b)
V shaped-or u shaped created by water
25.
Freezing
a)
Baby it's cold outside
b)
The temperature (0 C) at which a liquid loses energy to become a solid
c)
1 C
d)
100 C
26.
Thawing
a)
What happened to Megatron
b)
Don't let the Blue Bell do this
c)
When the temperature of water reaches 100 C thawing occurs
d)
When a solid gains energy and begins to melt
27.
Identify
a)
Who are you?
b)
To locate
28.
Alternative
a)
An option to something
b)
Fossil Fuels
c)
coal
d)
Oil
29.
Alternative Energy
a)
Fossil Fuels
b)
Coal
c)
An option to fossil fuels, not a fossil fuel
d)
Oil
30.
Generators (a Ginny)
a)
A fan that is turned by a power source (fossil Fuels or an Alternative Energy
b)
You will want one of these if the movie "2012" was right
c)
A motor that is turned by a power source (fossil fuels or an alternative energy) to generator electricity
d)
You will want one of these if the movie "Day After Tomorrow" was right
31.
Windmills
a)
Large towers with blades that turn the kinetic energy of wind to turn a generator that makes electricity. alternative
b)
Uses fossil fuels to generate electricty that spins a generator to make more electricity.
32.
Hydro Dams
a)
Uses fossil fuels to make the water flow faster to turn a generator to make electricity
b)
Use fossil fuels to generate electricity that spins a generator to make more electricity.
c)
Large dams that water is released from that allows a turbine to spin rapidly to produce electricity.
33.
Solar Panels
a)
Uses fossil fuels to make the sun burn brighter to make electricity
b)
Non renewable
c)
Directly convert energy from the sun into electricity. alternative
d)
Are very dangerous to the birds and make lots of noise when they turn
34.
Wind Energy
a)
Feels nice as a blows through my hair on a warm day driving my Ford Bronco with the windows down
b)
Made by my dad
c)
Uses kinetic energy of wind to turn a generator that makes electricity. alternative
d)
Made by the lawyers and politicans
35.
Solar Energy
a)
The heat
b)
A fossil fuel that is used to make the sun burn more intensely
c)
Non Renewable
d)
Energy from the sun-alternative
36.
Hydroelectric Energy
a)
Harnesses the kinetic energy of water by turning a generator to make electricity. alternative
b)
Harness the kinetic motion of wind to make electricity. alternative
c)
Fossil fuels that are added to water to make it more powerful to create electricity
d)
Heat from the earth used to create steam that rises and turns a turbine that turns a geneartor that makes electricity
37.
Geothermal energy
a)
Uses wind to create Kinect energy to generate electricity by turning a generator. alternative
b)
Uses heat from the earth in the form of steam to create Kinect energy to generate electricity by turning a generator. alternative
c)
Uses the cold gases contained in the center of the earth to create a cold fusion process that turns a generator to make steam
38.
Biofuels
a)
The burning of Fossil Fuels that are used to make steam that make Kinect energy to turn a generator. alternative
b)
When combined with biotechnology creates steam that can be used to make fossil fuels
c)
McDonalds-"I'm loving it"
d)
The burning of organic matter that is used to make steam that make Kinect energy to turn a generator. alternative
39.
Generate
a)
To produce
b)
"I feel the electricity in the air tonight!"
40.
Environment
a)
Something that must be destroyed at all cost
b)
The living and non-living things in an area
c)
A source of energy that is being renewed daily by the tidal forces of the moon
d)
All the stuff around us
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