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Changes to the Earth

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 57mins

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1.

What vocabulary words best describes the given image?

a)

sediments

b)

soil

c)

weathering

d)

erosion

2.

What is weathering?

a)

the breaking of rocks into smaller pieces; can change the surface of the Earth

b)

solid fragments of matter that come from the weathering of rock; can be carried by ice, water, or wind

c)

the top layer of the Earth‛s surface that is made of rocks, minerals, and plant material

d)

the process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock

3.

What are sediments?

a)

the shaking of the Earth’s surface; caused by the moving of the layers of the Earth

b)

the process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock

c)

solid fragments of matter that come from the weathering of rock; can be carried by ice, water, or wind

d)

large amount of earth, rock, and other material that moves down a steep slope

4.

An opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases flow, is?

a)

earthquake

b)

landslide

c)

erosion

d)

volcano

5.

Large amount of earth, rock, and other material that moves down a steep slope; is what?

a)

earthquake

b)

landslide

c)

volcano

d)

weathering

6.

What is the picture showing?

a)

sediments

b)

soil

c)

weathering

d)

erosion

7.

What does the image best describe?

a)

soil

b)

erosion

c)

decomposition

d)

weathering

8.

What does the picture show?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

soil

d)

sediments

9.

The image best describes what?

a)

conservation

b)

natural resources

c)

soil

d)

soil formation

10.

The wise use and protection of natural resources, is called?

a)

natural resources

b)

sediments

c)

conservation

d)

weathering

11.

This image describes what?

a)

erosion

b)

weathering

c)

decomposition

d)

soil formation

12.

slow process that changes the earth trough weathering or decomposition

a)

decomposition

b)

soil formation

c)

the process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock

d)

the breaking of rocks into smaller pieces; can change the surface of the Earth

13.

What is being demonstrated in the picture?

a)

earthquake

b)

volcano

c)

landslide

d)

weathering

14.

Resources coming from the earth, are called?

a)

conservation

b)

soil formation

c)

natural resource

d)

erosion

15.

What does the image show?

a)

volcano

b)

landslide

c)

earthquake

d)

soil formation

16.

The shaking of the Earth’s surface; caused by the moving of the layers of the Earth

a)

landslide

b)

volcano

c)

earthquake

d)

resources coming from the Earth

17.

Decomposition is...

a)

to rot

b)

slow process that changes the earth trough weathering or decomposition

c)

the process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock

d)

the breaking of rocks into smaller pieces; can change the surface of the Earth

18.

Erosion is...

a)

to rot

b)

the breaking of rocks into smaller pieces; can change the surface of the Earth

c)

the process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock

d)

slow process that changes the earth trough weathering or decomposition

19.

Which best describes soil?

a)

The top layer of the Earth's surface that is made of rocks, minerals, and plant material.

b)

Solid fragments of matter that come from the weathering of rock; can be carried by ice, water, or wind

c)

the breaking of rocks into smaller pieces; can change the surface of the Earth

d)

The process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock.