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Benchmark Review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

Convection currents in the _____________move the tectonic plates.

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

2.

The ______________ is composed of liquid rock composed of iron and nickel.

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

3.

Which layer is made of molten rock?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

4.

As tectonic plates move, what landforms could occur?

a)

sand dunes

b)

deltas

c)

caves

d)

mountains

5.

Harry Hess discovered _______________________________.

a)

sea floor spreading

b)

subduction

c)

convection currents

d)

ocean trenches

6.

Rock is ________________ closer to the crack at a divergent boundary.

a)

older

b)

younger

7.

Which rock group forms from the cooling and hardening of magma?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

8.

Which type of rock weathers to form sediment?

a)

igenous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

all rocks can weather to form sediment

9.

Which type of rock is formed under heat and pressure?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

10.

If you clear cut a section of the forest and a large rainstorm follows, what may happen to the area?

a)

the soil will soak up more nutrients for the plants

b)

too much carbon dioxide will build up

c)

the top layer of soil will erode away

11.

Which is an example of chemical weathering?

a)

ice wedging

b)

wind moving sand

c)

plant roots growing in a rock

d)

oxidation

12.

Which processes in the water cycle change liquid water into vapor?

a)

precipitation and condensation

b)

sublimation and evaporation

c)

evaporation and condensation

d)

evaporation and transpiration

13.

________________________ forms clouds in the atmosphere.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

transpiration

d)

precipitation

14.

______________ releases water as vapor from living plants.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

15.

Where does our drinking water come from?

a)

ice caps

b)

salt water in oceans

c)

rivers/streams

d)

groundwater

16.

Hot tropical regions have ____________salinity due to evaporation.

a)

high

b)

low

c)

less

17.

Cold water _____________ because it is more dense than warm water.

a)

sinks

b)

floats

18.

If the wind speed increases, the wave height ________________ and the wave length __________________.

a)

increases, increases

b)

increases, decreases

c)

decreases, increases

d)

decreases, decreases

19.

Tides are caused by

a)

Moon's gravity and wind

b)

Sun's gravity and Moon's gravity

c)

Earth's gravity and wind

d)

Sun's gravity and Earth's gravity

20.

Hurricanes gain strength

a)

over cooler ocean water

b)

once they make landfall

c)

over warmer ocean water

d)

after a week

21.

A warm front entering an area means

a)

a colder and drier air mass is moving into an area

b)

a warmer and drier air mass is moving into an area

c)

a colder and wetter air mass is moving into an area

d)

a warmer and wetter air mass is moving into an area

22.

Tornado Alley is created by

a)

warm, dry air from the Gulf of Mexico meeting cold, dry air from Canada

b)

warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meeting cold, dry air from Canada

c)

cool, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meeting warm, dry air from Canada

d)

cool, dry air from the Gulf of Mexico meeting cool, moist air from Canada

23.

The Moon is lit up by ___________________________.

a)

light reflecting off Earth

b)

light reflecting off the Sun

c)

light reflecting off nearby stars

24.

If the Earth's revolution around the Sun was to speed up, what would happen to the length of the seasons?

a)

they would remain the same

b)

they would be shorter

c)

they would be longer

d)

there would only be two seasons

25.

How many days after a new moon would you see a full moon?

a)

7

b)

14

c)

3

d)

30

26.

__________________ , decayed organic matter, is mostly found in the topsoil layer.

a)

fertilizer

b)

humus

c)

bedrock

d)

parent rock

27.

The Coriolis Effect causes winds to blow in a _______________.

a)

straight line

b)

north to south pattern

c)

curved pattern

d)

east to west pattern

28.

The Gulf Stream is a ______________ current.

a)

warm water

b)

cold water

c)

freshwater

29.

An air mass that develops over the ocean will be

a)

cool, dry

b)

cool, moist

c)

warm, dry

d)

warm, moist

30.

When the Earth's shadow covers the Moon, a _____________ eclipse is occurring.

a)

solar

b)

lunar

c)

total

d)

penumbra

31.

What part of the ocean floor is a steep drop off, connecting the continent to the ocean floor?

a)

continenetal shelf

b)

continental slope

c)

abyssal plain

d)

trench

32.

Which ocean floor feature is closest to the shoreline?

a)

continental shelf

b)

continenetal slope

c)

abyssal plain

d)

continental rise

33.

Most ozone molecules are found in the _________________ layer.

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermospshere

34.

What is the softest mineral?

a)

quartz

b)

diamond

c)

talc

d)

gypsum

35.

What force keeps the Moon orbiting Earth?

a)

gravity

b)

inertia

c)

friction

d)

weight

36.

The United States uses more ______________________ resources.

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

37.

If the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, the United States would be experiencing _____________________.

a)

Spring

b)

Fall

c)

Summer

d)

Winter

38.

Ptolemy stated the _______________ was at center of the universe.

a)

moon

b)

Earth

c)

Sun

d)

Heaven

39.

A/an ____________________ enters Earth's atmosphere and travels towards the ground.

a)

asteroid

b)

meteoroid

c)

meterorite

d)

comet

40.

Our solar system is located in the _________________________ Galaxy on an outer spiral arm.

a)

Milky Way

b)

Orion

c)

Galileo

d)

Copernicus

41.

Land heats up and cools down ____________________ than water.

a)

slower

b)

faster

42.

The larger the mass of an object the ____________________ the force of gravity.

a)

weaker

b)

stronger

43.

Comets and asteroids orbit the ________________.

a)

Earth

b)

Moon

c)

Sun

d)

Jupiter

44.

Venus is Earth's closest neighbor and most similar in __________ to Earth.

a)

size

b)

atmosphere

c)

surface composition

d)

weather