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SSA Vocabulary- Earth/Space

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This sphere contains all of Earth's water.


Ex: lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans

a)

biosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

water cycle

d)

plate tectonics

2.

Geosphere

a)

Contains all of Earth's Water

b)

Sea Ice

c)

Includes Earth's metals and rocks.

d)

Envelopes of gases that surrounds the Earth.

3.
Which of the following is not a type of rock?
a)
Igneous
b)
Divergent
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Metamorphic
4.
Outside part of Earth. 
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Biome
5.
Under the Earth's crust.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Atmosphere
6.
Center of Earth. Made of Liquid Metal. 
a)
Community
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Core
7.
Where land connects to the ocean. 
a)
Deep Sea
b)
Coastline
c)
Mountain
8.
Where river water mixes with ocean water. 
a)
Estuary
b)
Ocean
c)
River
9.
River and lake water. 
a)
Freshwater
b)
Ocean water
c)
Saltwater
10.
The air around the Earth. 
a)
Crust
b)
Core
c)
Atmosphere
11.
Typical weather of a place for 30 years. 
a)
Weather
b)
Time
c)
Climate
12.
The part of the atmosphere planes fly in. 
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Stratosphere
13.
The part of atmosphere satellites  are in. 
a)
Troposphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Exosphere
14.
The part of atmosphere meteors burn up in. 
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
15.
The part of atmosphere meteors burn up in. 
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
16.
Not alive part of an ecosystem. 
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
17.
All the BIOTIC and ABIOTIC parts of a place. 
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Biome
c)
Biosphere
18.
All ecosystems together. 
a)
biome
b)
ecosystem
c)
biosphere
19.
Things from Earth we can use. 
a)
resources
b)
weather
20.
Center of Earth. Made of liquid metal. 
a)
crust
b)
core
c)
mantle
21.
When pressure sends liquid metal to the Earth's surface. 
a)
volcano
b)
earthquake
22.
The condition of the air. How much precipitation and what the temperature is. 
a)
climate
b)
weather
23.
Under the Earth's crust. 
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
atmosphere
24.
This picture shows
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Geosphere
25.
Animals, forests, grasslands, and trees all belong to which sphere?
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
26.

Weathering is the process of -

a)

Moving sediment from one place to another

b)

Dropping or leaving sediment in a location

c)

Breaking down rocks into sediment

27.
What is the movement of soil from one place to another?
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
discharge
d)
erosion
28.
The changes to water when it cycles the earth is called
a)
the moon cycle
b)
the sun cycle
c)
the water cycle
d)
the wind cycle
29.
When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
transpiration
d)
runoff
30.
When water vapor s cooled and forms droplets-
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaportation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Run-off
31.
Forms of precipitation are-
a)
only sleet and snow
b)
rain, sleet, hail, and snow
c)
only dew and rain 
d)
only snow and rain
32.
When tiny droplets of water form in the air its called-
a)
precipitation 
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
33.
When water turns into a gas
a)
condensation 
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
34.

Identify the change shown in the picture.

a)

Irreversible physical change

b)

Irreversible chemical change

c)

reversible physical change

d)

reversible chemical change

35.

Which of the following is a example of physical change ?

a)

burning of wood

b)

photosynthesis

c)

melting of ice-cream

d)

ripening of fruit

36.

What does the picture represent ?

a)

physical change

b)

chemical change

37.

In physical change , the substance formed has different properties than the original substance.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

A chemical change may involve

a)

Evolution of gas

b)

Change in temperature

c)

Change in colour

d)

All of the above

39.
Large group or chain of islands
a)
archipelago
b)
atoll
atoll
c)
fjord
d)
key
40.
Deep narrow valley with steep sides.  Often it has a stream or river flowing through it
a)
canyon
b)
cape
c)
moraine
d)
plateau
41.
Shallow submarine plain (underwater).  Forms a border to a continent
a)
continental shelf
b)
isthmus
c)
canyon
d)
continental divide
42.
Line of highest points of land (mountain ranges). Separates waters flowing west from those flowing east
a)
piedmont
b)
floodplain
c)
continental divide
d)
cape
43.
Large level, or nearly level area of land at high elevation
a)
delta
b)
butte
c)
mesa
d)
plateau
44.

What is this landform?

a)

delta

b)

canyon

c)

valley

d)

sand dune

45.

A triangular landform where a river empties into another body of water.

a)

Landform

b)

Canyon

c)

Delta

d)

Valley

46.
A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 
a)
spring
b)
high
c)
low
d)
neap
47.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
d)
Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season
48.
What happens when there is a spring tide
a)
Short Tides and semi-short tides
b)
High tides and very low tides
c)
low tides and medium tides
d)
small tidal ranges
49.
What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
full moon tide
b)
new moon tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
50.
What causes tides?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
51.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
52.
When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.
a)
Compaction
b)
Cementation
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
53.

The process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with

a)

melting

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

crystallization

54.
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
erosion and deposition
c)
melting and cooling
55.
The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.
a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
56.

What is Astronomical Unit?

a)

1000 km

b)

The size of our solar system

c)

The average distance between Earth and the Sun

d)

The average distance between Earth and Moon

57.
A light year is the 
a)
distance that light travels in one year
b)
Speed at which light travels 
58.
What is a galaxy?
a)
A large storm of comets. 
b)
A parallel universe that existed before the Big Bang. 
c)
A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity 
d)
Unknown 
59.
What do we use astronomical units to measure?
a)
distances in our solar system
b)
How far our solar system is from others in our galaxy.
c)
The distances between galaxies. 
d)
The distance from one side of the universe to the other. 
60.

Why do we use light years and astronomical units to measure distances in space?

a)

Scientists want to sound smart.

b)

Hubble discovered these units and wanted to use them.

c)

Space is too small to use km, it wouldn't make sense.

d)

Space is too big, vast, enormous to use traditional units, like miles.

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