WorksheetsEarth Science Test 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How do plants help slow soil erosion and prevent landslides?
a)
Plants absorb water from the wet soil.
b)
Plant roots hold soil particles together.
c)
Plant leaves release water from the soil into the air.
2.
How does weathering help form a sandy beach by the ocean?
a)
Melting glaciers deposit grains of sand.
b)
Sandstorms deposit sand from nearby deserts.
c)
Waves break rocks into pieces, making grains of sand.
d)
Chemicals in the waves dissolve large rocks into sand.
3.
A deep cave was discovered underground. Scientists found that the walls of the cave were made of limestone. The cave most likely formed through weathering by____________________.
a)
glacial ice
b)
weak acid rain
c)
heavy wind
d)
high waves
4.
A farm near a river has very rich soil. What Most Likely caused the soil to be so rich there?
a)
Wind brought the rich soil from the river.
b)
Floods from the river deposited the rich soil.
c)
Rain dissolved minerals to make the soil rich.
d)
Plants cracked rocks into pieces to make the soil rich.
5.
How do weathering and erosion cause a landslide?
a)
Rock and soil slip downhill due to heavy rain.
b)
Moving ice deposits sediment.
c)
Weak acid dissolves limestone.
d)
Sandstorms blow sediment against rock.
6.
A group of large boulders are in the middle of a grassy field. The boulders were once far away from the field. Which of these most likely moved the boulders to the grassy field?
a)
Weathering and erosion by a river.
b)
Erosion and deposition by a glacier
c)
Weathering and abrasion by a sinkhole
d)
Abrasion and deposition by a sandstorm
7.
A sandstorm can move sand great distances. Which most likely happens during a sandstorm?
a)
Sediment is deposited in a new place.
b)
Rocks and soil slide down a hillside.
c)
Water freezes and splits rocks
d)
A cave forms underground
8.
Which of these is an example of Earth's surface changing slowly over time?
a)
Waves get bigger each year.
b)
Wind gets a little stronger each year.
c)
Valleys get a little narrower each year.
d)
Canyons get a little deeper each year.
9.
Last winter, Julie noticed a rock in her yard that had a small crack with water in it. After winter passed, she looked again and found that the crack had changed. What most likely happened to the crack during the winter?
a)
It got bigger because the water eroded the rock.
b)
It got smaller after the water deposited sediment.
c)
It got bigger because the water froze and expanded.
d)
It got smaller when the water mixed with dust.
10.
Is a mudslide described as weathering, erosion or deposition?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
11.
Is wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches described as weathering, erosion, or deposition?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
12.
A river dropping sand and sediment at the mouth of where it meets the ocean is considered __________________?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
13.
Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone is from ______________________?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
14.
What forms a canyon like this one?
a)
glacier
b)
wind
c)
river
15.
Why is the sand black at this beach?
a)
It is because it is very dirty from a forest fire and the dirty mud all went to this beach.
b)
It is from weathered rock from higher mountains and land above that flowed down to the ocean.
c)
The sand is just black here because the ocean has black sand in it here.
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