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Unit 3 Earth 5.7AB

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 2hrs 21mins

Name

Class

Date

The process of dropping sediment in a new location

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

The process of breaking rock into smaller pieces

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.

forming new land features.

breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.

washing away beaches.

moving topsoil.

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

Deposition

Landslide

Weathering

Erosion

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

A glacier

An iceberg

An ice wedge

A sand dune

A delta is formed by the process of -

weathering

erosion

deposition

condensation

_____ is the process by which soil and sediment (weathered rock) are transported (moved) from one place to another by water, wind, glaciers, and gravity

Erosion

Deposition

Weathering

Running Water

What is the small broken down pieces of rock called?

dirt

grime

sediment

popcorn

Rocks being picked up and carried downstream is an example of ____________.

weathering

erosion

deposition

10.

Rock made of layers of compressed (compacted) sediments

metamorphic rock

igneous rock

sedimentary rock

school house rock

11.

Sediment that is dropped on the "floor" of rivers, lakes and oceans is an example of which process?

weathering

erosion

cementation

deposition

12.

When the weight of new sediment layers puts pressure upon older layers

erosion

compaction

cementation

weathering

13.

Force of objects pushing on other objects

erosion

pressure

fighting

14.

The process of sediment layers becoming stuck or "glued" together forming sedimentary rocks

sticking

pressuring

cementation

deposition

15.

What are the three fossil fuels that form in sedimentary rock?

solar, oil

coal and oil

coal, oil, natural gas

16.

How long does sedimentary rock take to form?

millions of years

thousands of years

a weekend

four months

17.

The diagram shows layers of sedimentary rock and examples of the fossils each layer contains, Which layer contains the oldest fossils?

A. Layer 2

B. Layer 4

C. Layer 1

D. Layer 3

18.

How are Sedimentary Rocks formed?

A. Cooling and Hardening

B. Melting and heating

C. Compacting and Cementing

D. Time

19.

Features of the surface of the Earth such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, and rivers are called

delta

erosion

landforms

20.

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

A. Coal, oil, and vegetable oil.

B. Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

C. Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

D. Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

21.

Fossil Fuels formed over long periods of time after particles in water settled to the sea floor and formed marine mud. What kinds of particles needed to be present in the marine mud in order for fossil fuels to form.

A. Mostly sand and a few small bits of wood

B. Mostly decaying organisms

C. Mostly lava and a few sedimentary rocks

D. Mostly metal minerals

22.

What had to be applied in order to make buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

A. Industrial Pollution

B. Ocean Currents

C. Volcanic Activity

D. Heat and pressure

23.

A student creates a model of the formation of fossil fuels by first placing a layer of leaves, representing organic matter, in the bottom of a cup. What step will come next in the model?

A. Pouring water over the leaves to model washing away by rivers.

B. adding sand on top of the leaves to model burial in sediments.

C. Burning the leaves to model the decay of organic matter.

D. Putting the leaves in the freezer to model conditions on top of mountains.

24.

Fossil Fuels form in sedimentary rocks when -

A. plants use the nutrients in the sediments to grow

B. organic matter is buried along with sediments

C. rivers carry sediments down mountainsides

D. sediments are used by humans as a resource

25.

Which layer formed first?

Rock Layer W

Rock Layer X

Rock Layer Y

Rock Layer Z

26.

The Earth provides humans with an unlimited amount of fossil fuels. They are considered renewable.

True

False

27.

Which of these processes might create a delta?

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Classification

28.

How are canyons formed?

Glaciers moving down mountain

Wind blows

Water seeping into cracks

Flowing rivers erode the walls

29.

What forces change the earths surface?

Rain, ice, wind

lightening, thunder, wind

glaciers, water, wind

thunder, glaciers, water

30.

This lighthouse on the coast has been moving closer and closer to the water's edge. What most likely occurred that caused the ocean to get closer?

volcano eruptions burned the land

waves eroding the land

humans walking on the land

a tsunami

31.

What landform does a glacier create?

Sand dune

Pedestal Rock

Island

U-Shaped valley

32.

Wind erosion (represented here by blowing sand), creates which landform?

Mountain range

Sand dune

Delta

Cav

33.

What changes occur to a canyons after many years of flowing water?

They get deeper

They fill up with blowing sand

A glacier melts and it floods

It remains unchanged

34.

Sedimentary rocks may contain fossils.

True

False

35.

What do fossils and fossil fuels have in common?

We burn both of them as fuel

They both began as living organisms

Both of them are only a few years old

They both began as sediment

36.

Which fuel is renewable?

Wood

Oil

Petroleum

Coal

37.

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock.

True

False

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Unit 3 Earth 5.7AB

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 2hrs 21mins

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