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WorksheetsCheckup Quiz #8 REVIEW
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
a glacier
a tornado
an earthquake
a hurricane
The students collected soil samples from around the school. Which of these tools would help them determine what materials make up soil?
hand lens
binocular
compass
telescope
Many gardeners add small pieces of rotting leaves and grass to their gardens. What do these materials add to the soil?
silt
nutrients
clay
gravel
In general, soil is made of which material(s)?
water and air
broken-down rocks and minerals
dead plant material
all of the above
A sudden, heavy rain can cause soil to become mud. When mud flows down a hill, a landslide occurs. Mud is most likely to flow if -
the hill is very steep.
the rain that creates the mud is very cold.
the rocks underneath the soil are very hard.
the particles in the soil are very small.
A class measured how deep the sand and rock was at the bottom of a cliff from 1995 to 2010. What is the best explanation of the data in the table?
The pile of rock and sand at the cliffs base is getting smaller.
The pile of rock and sand at the cliffs base is getting larger.
The pile of rock and sand at the cliffs base is staying the same.
The pile of rock and sand at the cliffs base can be recycled.
How is the dandelion in the picture above changing the rock?
It is weathering the rock.
It is eroding the rock.
It is dissolving the rock.
It is softening the rock.
Scientist predict that the Rocky Mountains will gradually become shorter and rounder over many, many years. Why would this happen?
Volcanoes would deposit lave around the mountains.
Earth's shifting plates would slowly move the mountains.
Air, water, gravity, and changes in temperature and would break down the rocks that form the mountains.
Glaciers would roll over the mountains.
An earthquake is MOST LIKELY to cause which of the following?
glacier
hurricane
tornado
tsunami
This model is best used to -
understand where volcanoes come from.
observe the actual size of a volcano.
observe what is inside a volcano.
observe how volcanoes harm the environment.
Pieces of Earth's crust moving past each other cause -
the atmosphere to heat up
the Earth to shake
liquids and gases to become solids
glaciers to form
