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Science test

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 6hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percent of ocean covers the Earth?

a)

75%

b)

60%

c)

80%

2.

What describes rivers, streams and lakes?

a)

Surface fresh water

b)

fresh water

c)

water

3.

What is the water that fills the space between particles of rock and soil?

a)

Groundwater

b)

water

c)

ground

4.

A what is the top level of groundwater in aquafier?

a)

Water table

b)

table

c)

water

5.

What is an Aquifer?

a)

A body of rock that can contain or transmit ground water

b)

a container for water

c)

a bowl of water

6.

When do convection currents form?

a)

When air temps are different

b)

because of winds

c)

because of the ocean

7.

Winds generally blow from _____ to _____ over the USA due to a huge convection current over the North American continent and because of the rotation of the Earth.

a)

West to East

b)

East to West

c)

North to South

d)

South to North

8.

What causes precipitation at fronts?

a)

rising warm air

b)

rising cold air

c)

falling cold air

9.

A forecaster would find the ___ most helpful to determine the climate.

a)

Average yearly precipitation

b)

weather

c)

ocean

10.

A scientist studying climates finds a fossil of a fish in a desert. What can the scientist learn from the fossil?

a)

That the desert probably had a wet climate at one time.

b)

fish could fly

c)

a tornado flung the fish there

11.

What is the Earth's outermost and thinnest layer called?

a)

Crust

b)

mantle

c)

corona

12.

Scientists study material that pushed through the cracks in the ____ to learn about the mantle and core of the Earth.

a)

Crust

b)

mantle

c)

core

13.

What is a non renewable resource?

a)

Fossil fuels

b)

sun

c)

Mosasaurus

14.

Wind, water and sun are ____ energy sources?

a)

renewable

b)

fossil fuels

c)

sarcosuchus

15.

Solar energy is used in a limited way because it is not ____ at all times.

a)

avalable

b)

unavalable

c)

like raptors

16.

____ reduces air pollution because it brings pollution back to Earth.

a)

rain

b)

tornadoes

c)

tsunamis

17.

Limiting the crops grown prevents

a)

soil damage

b)

tornadoes

c)

cloning dinosaurs

18.

An example of reusing a resource is turning a ____ into a ____

a)

tire, tire swing

b)

piece of amber, dino

c)

pipes, garbage

19.

The warm ocean water has a higher salinity because it ____ more quickly

a)

evaporates

b)

gets destroyed

c)

people drink a lot

20.

___ changes from day to day

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

t rexes

21.

___ is the average weather over a long period of time

a)

climate

b)

weather

c)

sharks

22.

Fossil fuels cause ____. Scientist are making ____ to run longer on ____ fuel.

a)

pollution, cars, less,

b)

meltdowns, planes, less

c)

dinos to come back to life, cars, less

23.

It is important to use ______ wisely because there is not much of it.

a)

fresh water

b)

salt water

c)

transformers