WorksheetsEarth's features: Concept 3
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which pattern best describes the locations of the mountain ranges shown on the map?
Most mountain ranges are found on islands.
Most mountain ranges are found where two oceans meet.
Most mountain ranges are found near the equator.
Most mountain ranges are found along ocean and continent boundaries.
A map that shows raised land features is called a ___.
Land map
Features map
Relief map
Raised map
Joseph was on a vacation with his family in Colorado. As they were driving, he saw a long row of mountains in the distance. A group of mountains is called a ___.
Mountain range
Mountain zone
Mountain row
Mountain line
The process of moving soil from one location to another is called what?
Erosion
Weathering
Force
Sediment
Based on the diagram of the rock layers, which of the following statements describes the rock layers of the canyon found? Select the TWO correct answers.
Layer A is at the top, so it is the youngest layer of rock.
Layer D is at the bottom, so it is the oldest layer of rock.
Layer B is younger than Layer A.
Layer C is the thickest so it was formed first.
Layer D is younger than Layer B.
What was the most important feature that formed the Grand Canyon?
Sediment
Colorado River
Erosion
Dams
What Earth features and processes are near canyons? Choose 2.
Ice
Earthquakes
Grass
Rivers
What do we call the black stuff seen in the image?
Volcanic rock
Water
Shadow
What do all four images have in common?
They all have large amounts of vegetation(greenlands).
They all have plants.
They all have rivers.
They all have mountains.
Based on the field notes, what type of environment was most likely found in Layer D and why?
An ocean environment because of the evidence of sea animals.
An arctic environment because of the evidence of land animals such as fox and polar bear fossils.
A forest environment because of the evidence of plant and animal fossils.
A desert environment because of the evidence of cactus and reptile fossils.
Mountain ranges, earthquakes, and volcanoes often occur along the edges of continents and in the middle of the ocean.
True
False
Earthquakes happen near mountains and (a) .
