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1st quarter vocab

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another word for perseverance is ..........

a)

decision

b)

destiny

c)

determination

d)

dream

2.

To use caution is to...

a)

run quickly

b)

be aware

c)

be carefree

d)

go barefoot

3.
map-making; the writing involved in making maps or charts
a)
cartography
b)
photography
c)
homograph
d)
seismograph
4.
The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
jackhammering
5.

What does BCE stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

6.

What does CE stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

7.

What is Chronology

a)

understanding the Greek titan Chronos.

b)

understanding time.

c)

understanding life.

d)

understanding watches.

8.
This is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
9.
A formal region is:
a)
derived from people's sense of identity and attachment to different areas.
b)
an area that possesses one or more unifying cultural or physical traits.
c)
nonexistent in developing nations.
d)
an area unified by a specific social, cultural, or economic activity.
10.

Complete the sentence: The stranger thought I was someone he knew. He __________ me for his friend.

a)

Mistake

b)

Errored

c)

Mistook

11.

What does BC stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

12.

What does AD stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

13.

to go after something

a)

encourage

b)

pursue

c)

cherish

d)

destruct

14.
to be destined 
a)
lurking
b)
colossal
c)
famished
d)
inevitable
15.

certain to happen

a)

inevitable

b)

gruesome

c)

lurking

d)

anomaly

16.

Extremely disorderly

a)

Chaotic

b)

Aberration

c)

Ballad

d)

Abridge

17.
When you act the same way as someone else, you are ____ them.
a)
ignorant
b)
comforted
c)
imitating
d)
enlisted
18.

She had turned him down for a date before, but he _____________ and asked her again.

a)

shirked

b)

homaged

c)

toxic

d)

persisted

19.

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

a)

cementation

b)

deposition

c)

organic rock

d)

erosion

20.

How citizen's decisions affect the local community and its decisions.

a)

Longitude

b)

Lattitude

c)

Civic Life

d)

Human Geography

21.

The system by which a country is organized. Includes people and institutions that make, carry out, and enforce laws and settle disputes.

a)

Political Science

b)

Politics

c)

Governments

d)

Latitude

22.

What does the word scarce mean?

a)

too much of something

b)

too many oranges

c)

not enough of something

d)

not good to eat

23.

A summary does what?

a)

nothing important

b)

tells an opinion

c)

makes an educated guess

d)

explains text in a short version

24.
During convection, more dense currents _________ and less dense currents _________.
a)
sink, rise
b)
rise, sink
25.
The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called
a)
conduction current
b)
radiation
c)
condition current
d)
convection current
26.
What is the arctic mostly made up of?
a)
Land 🌳
b)
Ice❄️
c)
Candy🍬
d)
Potatoes 🥔
27.

When light rays come together

a)

Converge

b)

Diverge

c)

Opaque

d)

Transparent

e)

Translucent

28.

When light rays spread out

a)

Converge

b)

Diverge

c)

Opaque

d)

Transparent

e)

Translucent

29.
When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other, the boundary between them is called...
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Subduction
30.
When two tectonic plates are moving toward each other, the boundary between them is called...
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Subduction
31.
When a continental plate is pulled away from another continental plate, the area of crust that is thinned and pulled apart is called. 
a)
a trench
b)
a rift zone or rift valley
c)
ocean spreading ridge
d)
Continental crust
32.
Sometimes, when two tectonic plates collide, one is pushed below the other; this action at the convergent boundary is called...
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Subduction
33.
When two tectonic plates slide past each other, neither crashing together, nor pulling apart, the boundary between them is called...
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Subduction
34.

What kind of wave travels through the earth?

a)

Sound Wave

b)

Ocean Wave

c)

Light Wave

d)

Seismic Wave

35.
When particles move from areas of high concentration to areas less concentrated, this has taken place.
a)
diffusion
b)
mitosis
c)
endocytosis
d)
photosynthesis
36.

The doctor tried to analyze the patient's condition

a)

Analyze is used correctly.

b)

Analyze is not used correctly.

37.

These prevent free exchange of ideas and goods

a)

notes

b)

webpages

c)

advertisements

d)

barriers

38.

To undergo a complete change is to experience

a)

bimorphism

b)

multiplication

c)

metamorphosis

d)

metacognition

39.

We often inscribe things with our

a)

name.

b)

footprint.

c)

photo.

40.

The diabetic needed to ANALYZE the contents of the cereal.

a)

excavate

b)

examine

c)

explain

d)

extrovert