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Humans Effect on Earth

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

when water or other chemicals cause rocks to crumble or wear away

a)

chemical weathering

b)

eutrophication

c)

sink hole

d)

fertilizer

2.

a hole in the ground that forms suddenly when water dissolves rock

a)

chemical weathering

b)

acid rain

c)

sink hole

d)

fertilizer

3.

harmful precipitation caused by the burning of fossil fuels

a)

chemical weathering

b)

acid rain

c)

sink hole

d)

fertilizer

4.

a substance added to soil to make it better for the growing crops

a)

chemical weathering

b)

acid rain

c)

sink hole

d)

fertilizer

5.

the process by which heat from the Sun builds up near Earth's surface and is trapped there by the atmosphere.

a)

chemical weathering

b)

greenhouse effect

c)

sink hole

d)

fertilizer

6.

This gas is created when burning fossil fuels. It traps more heat that other gases in the air.

a)

sulfur dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

nitrogen

7.

the slow increase in the earth's average temperature or our climate's temperature

a)

global warming

b)

greenhouse effect

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

fertilizer

8.

the process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients (such as phosphates) that stimulate the growth of aquatic plant life usually resulting in the depletion of dissolved oxygen

a)

global warming

b)

greenhouse effect

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

eutrophication

9.

fresh water trapped inside the earth's crust.

a)

global warming

b)

greenhouse effect

c)

groundwater

d)

eutrophication

10.

an underground geological formation containing groundwater, supplying water for wells.

a)

water cycle

b)

aquifer

c)

water table

d)

fossil fuel

11.

the level underground where earth materials, like soil and and rock are saturated with water

a)

water cycle

b)

aquifer

c)

water table

d)

fossil fuel

12.

an energy resource that formed from the remains of living things that died millions of years ago. Oil, coal, and natural gas are these.

a)

water cycle

b)

aquifer

c)

water table

d)

fossil fuels

13.

the movement of water from the oceans and land into the air and back again

a)

water cycle

b)

aquifer

c)

water table

d)

fossil fuels

14.

What gas is produced or made by photosynthesis?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

water

c)

oxygen

d)

methane