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S.S. Weekly WK 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Pangaea?

a)

A land mass that is surrounded on three sides with water

b)

A super continent that existed over 330 million years ago.

c)

A one hit wonder 80's band

d)

Pangaea is technique used by cartographers to draw maps.

2.

What is an isthmus?

a)

The opposite of a strait

b)

A city in Spain

c)

The top of a mountain

d)

The bottom of an underwater trench

3.

What does a meteorologist do?

a)

Someone who assists cartographers in mapping the surrounding areas

b)

A navigational scientist

c)

Someone who studies space and meteors

d)

A person that surveys and predicts the weather

4.

What is a geologist?

a)

A geologist is someone who makes maps

b)

An individual who studies the atmosphere and weather

c)

Someone who studies the make up of the Earth

d)

A geologist studies fossils

5.

What is a continent?

a)

The things that make up literature

b)

A landmass that is about 25 miles thick

c)

It's a country like the United States

d)

It is someone that is happy

6.

What does the term "landlocked mean"

a)

It's a 1980's term for a headlock

b)

It's where a country closes it's borders to other countries.

c)

Landlocked means that an individual owns a piece of land forever.

d)

A geological feature where a specific area has no access to an ocean.

7.

When a piece of organic material, such as a bone or tree, turns into a rock, it has been....

a)

destroyed

b)

fossilized

c)

cauterized

d)

jazzercized

8.

What is a strait?

a)

A narrow passage of water connecting two seas

b)

A narrow passage of water connecting two pieces of land

c)

A narrow passage of land connecting two seas

d)

A narrow passage of land connecting to pieces of land

9.

What is a Peninsula?

a)

A type of medicine that fights off infections

b)

A piece of land completely surrounded by water

c)

A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

d)

A section of land surrounded by water on two sides

10.

What is a summit

a)

A geological term for hole in the ground

b)

A meteorologist term for a long dry spell

c)

It's a narrow water bridge that connects two seas

d)

The top of a given point