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WorksheetsVocabulary Final Part 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process of obtaining water from salt water by removing the salt
a)
Continental Slope
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Desalination
d)
Scientific Method
2.
A steep incline leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
a)
Continental Slope
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Deposition
d)
Desalination
3.
The 6 step process to solve a scientific problem
a)
Continental Slope
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Depositio
d)
Scientific Method
4.
A Unit to measure frequency
a)
Frequency
b)
Medium
c)
Hertz
d)
Rarefaction
5.
The process by which soil and fragments of rock are deposited in a new location
a)
Continental Slope
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Deposition
d)
Desalination
6.
A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of the continent
a)
Continental Slope
b)
Continental shelf
c)
Deposition
d)
Scientific Method
7.
The part of a wave with spread out particles caused by an object's vibration
a)
Frequency
b)
Medium
c)
Hertz
d)
Rarefaction
8.
The number of times an object vibrates in one second
a)
Frequency
b)
Medium
c)
Hertz
d)
Rarefaction
9.
Any solid, liquid, or gas that carries the pattern of sound
a)
Frequency
b)
Medium
c)
Hertz
d)
Rarefaction
10.
Refers to the highness and lowness of the sound you hear
a)
Pitch
b)
Frequency
c)
Hertz
d)
Medium
11.
Forms from the colling of molten rock - either magma below the surface or lava at the surface
a)
Nodules
b)
Igneous rock
c)
Sedimentary rock
d)
Metamorphic rock
12.
Forms when particles of other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
a)
Igneous rocks
b)
Sedimentary rocks
c)
Metamorphic rocks
d)
Nodules
13.
Metals concentrate around pieces of shell, forming black lumps
a)
Nodules
b)
Igneous rocks
c)
Sedimentary rocks
d)
Metamorphic rocks
14.
A coastal inlet or bay where fresh water from the river mix with salty ocean water
a)
Nodules
b)
Igneous rocks
c)
Estuary
d)
Intertidal zone
15.
Existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions. Most for deep underground.
a)
Nodules
b)
Igneous rock
c)
Estuary
d)
Metamorphic rocks
16.
The average weather in an area over a long period of time
a)
Retina
b)
Compression
c)
Climate
d)
Weather
17.
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.
a)
Climate
b)
Evaporation
c)
Weather
d)
Condensation
18.
The pattern of bunched up particles caused by the object's vibration
a)
Retina
b)
Compression
c)
Evaporation
d)
Climate
19.
The amount of moisture in the air
a)
Condensation
b)
Geologist
c)
Genetics
d)
Humidity
20.
Inner layer of the Earth, dense ball of solid metal
a)
Core
b)
Condensation
c)
Geologist
d)
Mantle
21.
When a gas changes to a liquid
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Humidity
d)
Precipitation
22.
Scientists who study the forces that make and shape planet Earth
a)
Chemists
b)
Geologists
c)
Genetics
d)
Meteorologists
23.
The study of genes
a)
Condensation
b)
Geologists
c)
Genetics
d)
Humidity
24.
The point on the surface of the Earth directly above the focus of the earthquake
a)
Mantle
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
d)
Epicenter
25.
Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Density
d)
mantle
26.
heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid
a)
Mantle
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
d)
Density
27.
Measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance
a)
Mantle
b)
Conduction
c)
Convection
d)
Density
28.
A wave that travels through matter, examples: waves in a rope
a)
Meteorologist
b)
Mechanical wave
c)
Focus
d)
Surface waves
29.
Point beneath Earth's surface where rock that is under stress breaks, triggering an earthquake
a)
Epicenter
b)
Mechanical wave
c)
Focus
d)
Transverse wave
30.
An expert in meteorology
a)
Meteorologist
b)
Chemist
c)
Biologist
d)
Botanist
31.
The medium vibrates in the same direction as the wave itself travels
a)
Transverse wave
b)
Electromagnetic wave
c)
A hand waving
d)
Longitudinal wave
32.
Waves in which the wave disturbance moves at right angles to the direction of the wave itself
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Longitudinal wave
d)
Transverse wave
33.
The distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave
a)
Trough
b)
Amplitude
c)
Interference
d)
Wavelength
34.
The low points, the valleys in waves
a)
Troughs
b)
Crests
c)
Interference
d)
Wavelength
35.
The high points, the hills in waves
a)
Troughs
b)
Crests
c)
Interference
d)
Wavelength
36.
The distance from the resting position of the wave to the crest or trough of the wave
a)
Wavelength
b)
Frequency
c)
Interference
d)
Amplitude
37.
The interaction of two waves at one point, can be constructive or destructive
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Interference
d)
Wavelength
38.
Organisms that inhabit the ocean floor
a)
Primary waves
b)
Erosion
c)
Plankton
d)
Benthos
39.
The process in which plants use light to produce food
a)
Primary waves
b)
Erosion
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Cementation
40.
The first waves to arrive during an earthquake
a)
Primary waves
b)
Erosion
c)
Secondary waves
d)
Surface waves
41.
Occurs when running water or wind loosen and carry away the fragments of rock
a)
Primary waves
b)
Erosion
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Cementation
42.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together
a)
Primary waves
b)
Erosion
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Cementation
43.
The place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs to survive
a)
Aftershocks
b)
Mineral
c)
Habitat
d)
Hypothesis
44.
Naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and definite chemical composition
a)
Aftershocks
b)
Mineral
c)
Habitat
d)
Frequency
45.
Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
a)
Benthos
b)
Nekton
c)
Plankton
d)
Habitat
46.
An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area
a)
Aftershocks
b)
Mineral
c)
Crystals
d)
Hypothesis
47.
Giant wave that may travel thousands of kilometers in all directions as quickly as a jet plane
a)
Crystals
b)
Intertidal zone
c)
Magma
d)
Tsunami
48.
The area that stretches from the highest high tide line on land out to the point on the continental shelf exposed by the lowest low tide
a)
Crystals
b)
Intertidal Zone
c)
Magma
d)
Continental shelf
49.
A mixture in which one substance dissolves in
another
another
a)
Compound
b)
Solution
c)
Earthquake
d)
Lava
50.
Molten rock at the earth's surface that erupts quietly or explosively
a)
Compound
b)
Solution
c)
Lava
d)
Earthquake
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