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Science Vocabulary Review for the Year

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The rocks, sand, dirt, and shells carried by a river is called ________.

a)

levee

b)

delta

c)

sediment

d)

meander

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

2.

Sometimes running water starts to curve or bend, creating a ________.

a)

levee

b)

delta

c)

sediment

d)

meander

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

3.

When a river deposits its sediment at its mouth, a _________ forms.

a)

levee

b)

delta

c)

sediment

d)

meander

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

4.

______ will likely occur at meanders or areas where the river bank is the same height as the water level.

a)

levee

b)

delta

c)

sediment

d)

floodplains

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

5.

rock debris carried and dropped by a glacier

a)

levee

b)

delta

c)

sediment

d)

moraine

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

6.

When sediment is dropped in an area

a)

deposition

b)

delta

c)

sediment

d)

weathering

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

7.

The wall holding the water in a stream bed is called the ____________.

a)

rapid

b)

slow

c)

levee

d)

weathering

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

8.

A _______ is a place where a plant or animal lives.

a)

habitat

b)

population

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

9.

_________ are the nonliving things in an ecosystem.

a)

habitat

b)

population

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

10.

An area that includes all biotic and abiotic factors is an example of an __________.

a)

habitat

b)

ecosystem

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

11.

Trees, fish, ferns, squirrels, and grasses are all examples of __________.

a)

habitat

b)

population

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

12.

A group of plants or animals of the same kind that live in the same area is ________.

a)

habitat

b)

population

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

13.

Land that has wet and spongy soil, like a marsh, swamp, or bog is called _________.

a)

habitat

b)

wetlands

c)

extinct

d)

endangered spieces

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

14.

To be _________ is to have no living members.

a)

habitat

b)

wetlands

c)

extinct

d)

endangered spieces

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

15.

The general weather conditions over a period of time is known as __________.

a)

habitat

b)

wetlands

c)

extinct

d)

climate

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

16.

An _____ is a plant or animal at risk of extinction.

a)

habitat

b)

wetlands

c)

extinct

d)

endangered spieces

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

17.

A _______________ is a state of matter with no definite size and no definite shape.

a)

evaporation

b)

gas

c)

liquid

d)

matter

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

18.

measure of how much matter an object has

a)

evaporation

b)

mass

c)

liquid

d)

matter

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

19.

______________ is the process of changing a liquid into a gas.

a)

evaporation

b)

balance scale

c)

liquid

d)

matter

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

20.

matter that flows and takes the shape of its container

a)

evaporation

b)

balance scale

c)

liquid

d)

matter

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

21.

_______________ is anything that takes up space and has mass.

a)

evaporation

b)

balance scale

c)

liquid

d)

matter

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

22.

_________________ causes matter to change state.

a)

evaporation

b)

balance scale

c)

liquid

d)

heat energy

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

23.

When ice as a solid is heated up it changes to a liquid. This is called _________.

a)

evaporation

b)

balance scale

c)

liquid

d)

melting

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

24.

When a gas changes to a liquid it is called ________________.

a)

evaporation

b)

balance scale

c)

condensation

d)

heat energy

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

25.

When matter changes from a liquid to a solid it is called ____________

a)

freezing

b)

melting

c)

evaporation

d)

heat energy

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

26.

Another name for heat.

a)

thermal energy

b)

energy transfer

c)

thermal insulator

d)

energy

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

27.

The measure of thermal energy/heat.

a)

temperature

b)

energy transfer

c)

thermal insulator

d)

thermal energy

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

28.

The ability to do work or change an object.

a)

energy

b)

energy transfer

c)

thermal insulator

d)

thermal energy

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

29.

The movement of energy from one place or object to another.

a)

energy

b)

energy transfer

c)

thermal insulator

d)

thermal energy

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

30.

Any material that keeps heat energy from easily moving through it

a)

energy

b)

energy transfer

c)

thermal insulator

d)

thermal energy

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

31.

Any material that allows heat energy to move through it.

a)

energy

b)

energy transfer

c)

thermal insulator

d)

thermal conductors

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

32.

a form of energy produced by moving electrons

a)

atom

b)

electric circuit

c)

series circuit

d)

electricity

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

33.

the path an electric current follows

a)

atom

b)

electric circuit

c)

series circuit

d)

parallel circuit

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

34.

the build-up of electric charges on an object

a)

atom

b)

static electricity

c)

series circuit

d)

parallel circuit

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

35.

the smallest part of an element or the building blocks of all matter

a)

atom

b)

static electricity

c)

series circuit

d)

parallel circuit

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

36.

A circuit with gaps

a)

incomplete circuit

b)

static electricity

c)

series circuit

d)

parallel circuit

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

37.

A current with more than 1 path to follow

a)

incomplete circuit

b)

static electricity

c)

series circuit

d)

parallel circuit

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

38.

A current in which it only has one path to follow

a)

incomplete circuit

b)

static electricity

c)

series circuit

d)

parallel circuit

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

39.

a complete, unbroken circuit

a)

incomplete circuit

b)

static electricity

c)

complete circuit

d)

parallel circuit

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

40.

1,000 ft. taller than the land around it

a)

mountains

b)

rivers

c)

hills

d)

valleys

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

41.

body of water with land all around it

a)

ocean

b)

rivers

c)

hills

d)

lake

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

42.

long narrow body of water with fresh water

a)

ocean

b)

river

c)

hills

d)

valley

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

43.

raised land, but less than 1,000 feet tall

a)

ocean

b)

river

c)

hills

d)

valley

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

44.

low land between mountains and hills

a)

ocean

b)

river

c)

hills

d)

valley

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

45.

raised area of land that is flat on top

a)

plateau

b)

canyon

c)

hills

d)

volcano

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

46.

a valley with steep sides formed by water cutting it

a)

plateau

b)

canyon

c)

hills

d)

volcano

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

47.

vast body of salt water that covers 3/4 of the Earth

a)

ocean

b)

river

c)

hills

d)

valley

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

48.

natural hollow place in the ground or in a mountain large enough for a human to enter

a)

ocean

b)

river

c)

hills

d)

cave

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

49.

this occurs because the rock under the ground dissolves and causes the land above to collapse

a)

sinkhole

b)

river

c)

hills

d)

valley

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

50.

natural feature on Earth's surface

a)

landform

b)

topography

c)

geography

d)

paleontology

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

51.

shape and height of landforms in an area

a)

landform

b)

topography

c)

geography

d)

paleontology

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

52.

matter that keeps its own shape and vibrates in place

a)

liquid

b)

gas

c)

solid

d)

atoms

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

53.

large mass of snow and ice that slowly moves over the land acting like a bulldozer carving out valleys and flattening land

a)

glacier

b)

rock debris

c)

iceberg

d)

blizzard

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

54.

breaking down of rock, sand, shells, and soil

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

load

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

55.

the amount of sediment a stream or river can carry in a certain amount of time

a)

load

b)

river

c)

deposition

d)

moraine

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

56.

speed of an object

a)

load

b)

velocity

c)

fastest

d)

meander

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

57.

carrying away the sediment to a new location

a)

erosion

b)

deposition

c)

weathering

d)

velocity

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

58.

the measure of the heaviness of an object due to gravity

a)

weight

b)

mass

c)

matter

d)

length

e)

If you really don't know the answer -- choose this one!

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