WorksheetsScience Mixed Review
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 3 states of matter?
a)
solid liquid gas
b)
liquid gas
c)
hydrogen potassium
d)
none
2.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
3.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
4.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.
The smallest unit of life
a)
cell
b)
element
c)
atom
d)
cytoplasm
8.
The soft, flexible outside covering of a cell that controls what comes in and out of the cell
a)
cell membrane
b)
cytoplasm
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuole
9.
The gel-like fluid that fills most of the cell
a)
cell membrane
b)
cytoplasm
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuole
10.
A small structure that controls everything the cell does
a)
cell membrane
b)
cytoplasm
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuole
11.
Storage spaces in a cell
a)
vacuole
b)
cell membrane
c)
nucleus
d)
cytoplasm
12.
All members of one kind of organism that live in the same area
a)
population
b)
microorganism
c)
communit
d)
organism
13.
What is the process by which natural resources break down rocks?
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Abrasion
d)
Pressure
14.
What is chemical weathering?
a)
How rocks breakdown
b)
The breakdown of rocks by chemical reactions that change the rocks makeup/composition
c)
When rocks rust
d)
Mechanical Weathering
15.
Weathering occurs over long periods of time.
a)
Most of the time
b)
All the time
c)
Never
16.
_____ is the process in which weathered particles are picked up and moved form one place to an other.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
deposition
d)
sediment
17.
What is deposition?
a)
The part of the erosion process in which sediment is placed in a new location or deposited.
b)
Sediment
c)
How weathered particles move from one place to another
18.
Erosion from rock is carried mainly by water, wind, and ice.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
What is a glacier?
a)
An ice cube
b)
A piece of land that moved over another piece of land
c)
Water that moves land
d)
large mass of ice that moves over land
20.
What is moraine?
a)
A deposit of till left behind from a retreating glacier
b)
Dirt
c)
Erosion
21.
Plate tectonics helps explain the formation of which of the following?
a)
mountains
b)
trees
c)
clouds
d)
all of the above
22.
Which of the following is most likely to occur at a transform boundary?
a)
earthquakes
b)
volcanoes
c)
mountain formations
d)
all of the above
23.
Plate tectonics refers to the theory that __________
a)
the continents float on the oceans like plates
b)
each of the continents on the earth is also called a plate
c)
the surface of the earth is made up of large plates that have moved over time
d)
the surface of the earth is made up of large plates that cannot move
24.
Continental drift is the idea that _________
a)
the continents are only solid surface on the earth
b)
the continents were once joined to form a large land mass
c)
objects that fall into the ocean drift between continents
25.
Mantle
a)
the layer of the earth between the outer crust and the inner crust
b)
the thin outermost layer of the earth
c)
tectonic boundary where plates move towards each other
26.
Crust
a)
the layer of the earth between the outer crust and the inner crust
b)
the thin outermost layer of the earth
c)
molten rock found beneath the earth's surface
27.
Magma
a)
the layer of the earth between the outer crust and the inner core
b)
a flow of materials caused by temperature differences
c)
tectonic boundary where plates move towards each other
d)
molten rock found beneath the earths surface
28.
What is one cause of earthquakes?
a)
The Sun's gravity pulling on our Earth.
b)
Tectonic Plates striking and slipping past each other.
c)
The moon phases
d)
Drilling wells
29.
What geological feature on Earth is the Ring of Fire?
a)
Option A huge forest fire that happened in California1*
b)
A volcanic island in the Indian Ocean
c)
A ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
d)
A science game
30.
An extinct volcano
a)
Is currently erupting
b)
Is a silent volcano
c)
Is under the ocean
d)
Is a once erupting volcano, but has not erupted in a long time
31.
what is the top layer?
a)
Mantle
b)
Innercore
c)
Outercore
d)
Crust
32.
When rocks and soil are worn down.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
33.
When rocks and soil are worn down.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
34.
When the material that is worn down is carried away by wind, moving water, ice, living beings or gravity.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
35.
When those materials stop moving and build up somewhere else.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
36.
A hill of sand, made and shaped by wind.
a)
Sand Dune
b)
Delta
c)
Fault
37.
An area of new land at the mouth of a river.
a)
Sand Dune
b)
Delta
c)
Fault
38.
A shaking of Earth’s surface, caused by movement of rock in the crust.
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Tsunami
39.
A crack in Earth’s crust.
a)
Earthquake
b)
Fault
c)
Jetty
40.
A mountain that forms as molten rock flows through a crack into Earth’s surface.
a)
Volcano
b)
Earthquake
c)
Hill
d)
Sand Dune
41.
A scientist who studies earthquakes.
a)
Seismologist
b)
Paleontologist
c)
Orthopedist
d)
Pediatrician
42.
Beach Restoration is the process of replacing sand on a beach.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Records movement in Earth’s crust.
a)
Seismograph
b)
Telegraph
c)
Monograph
44.
A wall-like structure that sticks out into the ocean.
a)
Jetty
b)
Sandbar
c)
Delta
d)
Fault
45.
A constructive force is defined as
a)
a natural occurrence that can build up or break down
b)
an earthquake or a volcano
c)
a natural force that builds up and creates new land
d)
a destructive force that has been controlled
46.
An example of chemical weathering is
a)
acid rain
b)
ice cracking the driveway
c)
the Grand Canyon
d)
a volcano
47.
An underground system that carries excess water from the street to rivers and lakes is known as
a)
levee system
b)
storm drain management
c)
groin system
d)
french drain
48.
When looking at a diagram of a plant with roots, the level of ground with the most nutrients is the
a)
crust
b)
subsoil
c)
bedrock
d)
topsoil
49.
A method of farming that that involves a line of trees to be planted in a row is known as
a)
seabreak
b)
windbreak
c)
windscreen
d)
treebreak
50.
Beach nourishment is
a)
the process of cleaning up the beach so the marine life is free of disease
b)
The process of clearing a sand dune so turtles can nest
c)
Building a seawall to prevent erosion
d)
Bringing sand in with trucks to rebuild the beach
51.
One problem with a levee is that it can easily _____________
a)
break
b)
disappear
c)
be destroyed by manb
d)
be destroyed by animals
52.
What has to happen before erosion
a)
Weathering
b)
Deposition
c)
Weathering and Deposition
d)
Nothing has to happen first
53.
Which of the following can be both constructive and destructive
a)
earthquake
b)
delta
c)
volcano
d)
both a and c
54.
A type of farming that is used on a hillside might be
a)
agriculture
b)
irrigation
c)
contour plowing
d)
sharecropping
55.
A dam is usually built
a)
near a marina
b)
near a national park
c)
Across the center of a body of water
d)
on the river's edge
56.
A moraine is
a)
a small glacier
b)
What is left behind by a glacier
c)
A small mountain
d)
made of weathered rock
57.
Another name for physical weathering is
a)
acid rain
b)
mechanical
c)
chemical
d)
deposition
58.
Beaches that have eroded are reclaimed through
a)
Weathering
b)
Building of seawalls
c)
Beach nourishment
d)
Building of terraces
59.
Scientists know where earthquakes will occur because they know the locations of
a)
Faults
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Longshore currents
60.
Which of these do scientists use to predict when a volcano is likely to erupt?
a)
The age of the volcano
b)
Earthquakes beneath the volcano
c)
Temperature of nearby rivers
d)
The hardness of rock near the volcano
61.
Which of these landforms is formed by deposition?
a)
a mountain near a lake
b)
a canyon between two cliffs
c)
a delta near the mouth of a river
d)
a pool at the bottom of a waterfall
62.
Which MOST LIKELY is the reason a landowner places rocks along a riverbank?
a)
to decrease erosion
b)
to improve wildlife habitat
c)
to prevent flooding during heavy rainfall
d)
to encourage vegetation to grow along the riverbank
63.
How were the Hawaiian islands formed?
a)
by an earthquake
b)
by volcanoes
c)
by tidal waves
d)
by wind erosion
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