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WorksheetsClimate, Weather, Water Cycle, Landforms, and Fossils
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Scientists who study weather and try to predict it are called
a)
astronomers
b)
climatologist
c)
meteorologist
d)
weatherologist
2.
What heats the Earth's surface?
a)
the moon
b)
the sun
c)
the ocean
d)
the sky
3.
What is an area's expected weather over a long period of time called?
a)
weather
b)
geology
c)
humidity
d)
climate
4.
Conditions that exist from day to day in a given location is called
a)
weather
b)
climate
5.
The average weather patterns over a period of time
a)
climate
b)
weather
6.
Why is the ocean important for the water cycle.
a)
It is where the water accumulates.
b)
Much of the water in the water cycle comes from the ocean.
c)
Tides push water onto the land.
7.
What follows evaporation during the water cycle? How does this occur?
a)
Water evaporates into water vapor
b)
Water vapor condenses and forms a cloud
c)
Water precipitates to the ground
d)
Water runs down into the hydrosphere
8.
Water moves through the water cycle because of:
a)
Earth's core
b)
Energy from the Sun
c)
Gravity
d)
Wind
9.
Transpiration is...
a)
The process which water evaporates from plants
b)
The process which water freezes
c)
The process which water grows
d)
The process which nutrients evaporate
10.
A fossil is ____.
a)
a dead rotten animal
b)
the remains of things that lived a long, long time ago
c)
a plant that dried up
11.
People who study fossils are called ____.
a)
meterologists
b)
fossilologists
c)
paleontologists
12.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?
a)
a petrified dinosaur bone
b)
a footprint captured in mud
c)
a seashell found on the beach
13.
In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
rock candy
c)
hard rock
14.
Which of the following events happens FIRST?
a)
Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.
b)
Sediment covers the bone.
c)
An animal dies.
d)
The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.
15.
In general if a fossil is found in deeper rock layers it is older than fossils found only in top rock layers
a)
true
b)
false
16.
The Earth is constantly changing.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
When wind, water, ice and gravity move soil from one place to another.
a)
glaciers
b)
composition
c)
rock slide
d)
erosion
18.
What can we learn from fossils?
a)
How earthquakes formed.
b)
How erosion changed mountains
c)
How Earth's magnetic field was formed
d)
How Earth's environment has changed
19.
What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Texas?
a)
An Earthquake happened there.
b)
A Volcano erupted there.
c)
A forest covered that area for a while.
d)
A Sea once covered the area.
20.
Most of the fossils found in Texas are marine organisms. This means Texas was probably once covered by
a)
Ocean
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Grassland
d)
Pavement
21.
Triangle-shaped landforms like this often sit near the ocean where a river finally runs into it.
a)
delta
b)
peninsula
c)
lake
d)
hill
22.
This landform is found at the bottom of mountains and very tall hills; it's the low land between them.
a)
cave
b)
ocean
c)
valley
d)
island
23.
What kind of landform has very steep sides that were cut by a river's erosion and time?
a)
volcano
b)
canyon
c)
waterfal
d)
plains
24.
Wind erosion forms what type of landform?
a)
mountain
b)
sand dune
c)
canyon
d)
valley
25.
Which process breaks down earth materials?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
landslide
26.
What landform develops from the breakdown of earth materials by water continually running over it?
a)
river
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
sand dune
27.
What process moves earth materials?
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
erosion
d)
gravity
28.
Where can a delta be found?
a)
at the mouth of a river
b)
in a sand dune
c)
on top of a mountain
d)
at the bottom of a canyon
29.
What is the small broken down pieces of rock called?
a)
dirt
b)
grime
c)
sediment
d)
popcorn
30.
What type of rock is made by the piling up of sediments?
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
graphite
d)
sedimentary rock
31.
What kind of valley would be made if a glacier had carved out the valley?
a)
u-shaped valley
b)
v-shaped valley
c)
w-shaped valley
d)
y-shaped valley
32.
What is the length of this crayon?
a)
7.1 in
b)
7.0 cm
c)
7.1 cm
d)
7.6 cm
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