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WorksheetsScience Review S5E1
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 52mins
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Class
Date
1.
How can a levee help prevent flooding?
a)
It keeps rising water inside stream channels.
b)
It acts as a drain when water gets too high.
c)
It pulls water downstream before it can flood.
d)
It forms a lake with excess water.
2.
What kind of information is NOT recorded on a seismograph?
a)
strength of an earthquake
b)
information about when the next earthquake will occur
c)
when the earthquake occurred
d)
how long the earthquake lasted
3.
Which of these Georgia landforms is MOST likely to be affected by weathering?
a)
Lookout Mountain
b)
Okefenokee Swamp
c)
Coosa River
d)
Providence Canyon
4.
Which of the following landforms is made by water?
a)
hill
b)
sand dune
c)
mountain
d)
canyon
5.
Which of the following is formed when sediment is dropped at the mouth of a river?
a)
sand dune
b)
delta
c)
barrier island
d)
sand spit
6.
Which of the following is formed when groundwater erodes soft rock?
a)
landslide
b)
mudslide
c)
mountain
d)
sinkhole
7.
Which of the following landforms are formed by running water?
a)
sand dunes and sandbars
b)
mesas and canyons
c)
mountains and hills
d)
canyons and volcanoes
8.
How do jagged mountain peaks become rounded?
a)
weathering by wind and water
b)
deposition by wind
c)
deposition by water
d)
erosion by plants
9.
Sea grass has begun to grow on a sand dune. How will the sea grass MOST likely influenced the sand dune?
a)
The dune will move toward the land.
b)
The dune will move toward the ocean.
c)
The dune will erode more slowly and may even grow.
d)
The dune will erode more quickly.
10.
How do volcanoes change Earth's landforms?
a)
They release pressure that has built up under Earth's crust.
b)
They blow ash and lava high into Earth's atmosphere.
c)
They form over hot spots.
d)
They form mountains of ash and lava.
11.
What happens to a river when sediment is deposited along its banks?
a)
The river becomes wider.
b)
The river becomes narrower.
c)
The river becomes deeper.
d)
The river becomes shallower.
12.
Which of the following is NOT a means of flood control?
a)
dam
b)
jetty
c)
levee
d)
floodplains
13.
A river channel is now so shallow that ships are getting stuck in the mud. What is the MOST likely cause?
a)
water depositing sediment
b)
water picking up sediment
c)
wind depositing sediment
d)
wind picking up sediment
14.
Why are earthquakes infrequent in Georgia?
a)
Georgia is not located near the edge of a plate.
b)
Georgia is located where two plates meet.
c)
The faults in Georgia are very close to the surface.
d)
The plates beneath Georgia are fused.
15.
A jetty was just built on a beach. What is MOST likely to happen now?
a)
The current will move more sand from this beach.
b)
This structure will allow sand to pass through it.
c)
The current will carry more sand to the beach below this structure.
d)
The current will carry more sand to the beach above this structure.
16.
Which is true of canyons?
a)
They are built up by wind.
b)
They are built by waves.
c)
They are made by rivers cutting through land.
d)
They are built by water depositing sediment.
17.
What do deltas and sand dunes have in common?
a)
Both are formed when wind or water slows down and deposits sediment.
b)
Both are formed when wind or water picks up sediment.
c)
Both are rich with nutrients.
d)
Both are formed at the mouth of a river.
18.
Which of these is formed as Earth's plates crack?
a)
lava
b)
magma
c)
the mantle
d)
faults
19.
Which of the following landforms is made by water erosion?
a)
sand dune
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
hill
20.
Which is true of canyons?
a)
They are built by ocean currents.
b)
They are built by waves.
c)
They are built by wind carrying sediment away.
d)
They are made by rivers cutting through land.
21.
What happens to a bare hillside when it rains?
a)
Wind deposits sediment on top of it.
b)
Wind carries sediment away from it.
c)
Water deposits sediment along its sides.
d)
Water carries sediment down its sides.
22.
Which one can cause an earthquake?
a)
erosion of rock
b)
a landslide
c)
weathering of rock
d)
movement of rock along a fault
23.
Dr. Horn is a seismologist. Which of these does Dr. Horn study?
a)
weathering
b)
earthquakes
c)
weather
d)
glaciers
24.
Which process causes some beaches to get smaller?
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
deposition
d)
beach nourishment
25.
Freezing and thawing of water in rockcan cause
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
flooding
d)
deposition
26.
Which one forms from material deposited by wind?
a)
dune
b)
delta
c)
moraine
d)
floodplain
27.
Seismographs help scientists predict
a)
earthquakes
b)
floods
c)
beach erosion
d)
tsunamis
28.
Over time, lava that flows out of a volcano
a)
can form mountains
b)
can form moraines
c)
can form faults
d)
can freeze into ice
29.
Which of these can help stop soil erosion?
a)
building dams
b)
terracing
c)
storm drain management
d)
beach nourishment
30.
What is sediment?
a)
melted rock underground
b)
melted rock that flows out ofa volcano
c)
material deposited by wind, water,or glaciers
d)
a break in Earth’s crust
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