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WorksheetsEarth Part 2 Review
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Soil formation happens _____
a)
Deep within the earth
b)
on the earth's surface
2.
Soil is a mix of weathered rock and ______ plant and animal matter.
a)
decayed
b)
living
3.
Water and gas in the air form a weak _____ that eats away at rock
a)
mud
b)
acid
4.
The decaying remains of plants and animals form a soil element called _____.
a)
fungus
b)
humus
5.
The dark layer of soil at the surface is called ___.
a)
topsoil
b)
bedrock
6.
The system of underground water is called __
a)
river system
b)
drainage basin
c)
groundwater
d)
aquifer
7.
The main river and all its tributaries make a ___
a)
aquifer
b)
river system
c)
moraine
d)
sediment
8.
A frozen mass of ice moves slowly downhill because of ____.
a)
gravity
b)
aquifer
c)
sediment
d)
moraine
9.
A flowing mass of ice is called a ___
a)
sediment
b)
glacier
c)
moraine
d)
aquifer
10.
A layer of rock on which ground water can gather and flow is an ____
a)
moraine
b)
glacier
c)
sediment
d)
aquifer
11.
Particles of rock and soil in t he water are called
a)
moraine
b)
sediment
c)
gravity
d)
drainage basin
12.
Glacial deposits along the side or end of a glacier are called a _____
a)
moraine
b)
aquifer
c)
headwall
d)
turbulance
13.
The l and area from which a river system gets its water is a ____
a)
moriane
b)
drainage basin
c)
ground system
d)
water way
14.
The process that breaks down and changes rock
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
erosion
d)
drainage
15.
The process that changes the size and shape of rock
a)
Chemical weathering
b)
Physical weathering
c)
gravity
d)
erosion
16.
The process that changes what rock is made of.
a)
Chemical weathering
b)
Physical Weathering
c)
Erosion
d)
Deposition
17.
The process of moving weathered rocks and soil
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
erosion
d)
drainage
18.
The main cause of erosion
a)
cold temperatures
b)
hot temperatures
c)
blowing wind
d)
moving water
19.
The process of blowing soil away
a)
wind erosion
b)
waves
c)
gravity
d)
deposition
20.
The process of dropping eroded materials
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
weathering
d)
drainage
21.
Sand grains cemented together form
a)
igneous rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
sedimentary rock
d)
solid rock
22.
Rocks change form in ____
a)
rock cycle
b)
delta
c)
deposition
d)
erosion
23.
New land formed at a river's mouth by deposition is called a ____
a)
fossil
b)
delta
c)
aquifer
d)
moraine
24.
Remains of any dead organism trapped in layers of rock are ___
a)
fossils
b)
delta
c)
aquifer
d)
moraine
25.
Igneous and sedimentary rock changed by heat and pressure become ___
a)
solid rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
bedrock
d)
rock and roll
26.
Melted magma that has cooled forms
a)
Sedimentary rock
b)
Igneous rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
bedrock
27.
Eroded particles moved to a new spot and left there is called
a)
aquifer
b)
deposition
c)
weathering
d)
erosion
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