WorksheetsChapter 6 Shaping Earth
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is rock debris carried and deposited by a glacier called?
moraine
earthane
glacial till
bedrock
What is a soil horizon?
a layer of soil different from layers above and below it
a layer of rock
a layer of cake
a layer of peat moss different from other layers
What is a vertical section of rock called?
soil sample
soil profile
soil layer
soil difference
What are isolated boulders left behind be a glacier called?
erratics
emphatics
irritating
moraine
What is the end or outer margin of a glacier called?
terminal
moraine
marginal
terminus
Gravel, sand, and clay carried from glaciers by melting water and streams is called
moraine
rivulets
terminus
outwash plains
What is a movement or vibration in the Earth called?
focus movement
mudslide
earthquake
hurricane
A break in the Earth's outer layer caused by the movement of rocks is known as
fault
nonfault
plate movement
earthquake
What is humus?
leftover dinner
leftover decomposed plant and animal matter
subsoil
undersoil
What is the layer of rock lying below the crust called?
outer core
crust
mantle
inner core
The rate at which water can pass through a porous material is called what?
permeability
soil
water passation
permification
A large mass of snow and ice that moves over the land is called
mountain
ice cap
glacier
pumice
Energy released as vibrations caused by rocks along fault lines moving and breaking is called
seismic waves
earthquake
rumbling
waves
What is the cause of glacier movement?
kinetic energy
inertia
gravity
someone pushes it
How long does it take for an inch soil to form?
60 days
1 day
6 months
hundreds to thousands of years
What is the space between soil particles called?
rich spots
pore spaces
soil gaps
soil packets
What makes a glacier form?
snow plows dumping snow on it
When more rain happens and it freezes
when more snow falls in the winter than can melt in the summer
when more snow melts in the summer than comes down in the winter
What are the time periods when ice sheets cover as much as one-third of the Earth's surface and temperatures were very low and snowfall was heavy called?
inter-glacial periods
inter galactic periods
ice ages
snow ages
In which direction do seismic waves travel?
up down and forward
only up
only west
all directions
A glacier that goes into the ocean is called what?
floating glacier
iceberg
floater
Titanic
