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12/10 Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

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Class
Date
1.

The word absorb MOST NEARLY means:

a)

to look carefully and closely, to learn the facts; examine.

b)

to take in or soak up.

c)

the dropping off sediments that have been weathered or eroded.

d)

the top layer of the Earth's surface

2.

The word transportation MOST NEARLY means

a)

breaking down and changing rocks as a result of exposure to the environment.

b)

moist, stiff earth that is used for making brick, pottery, and tile.

c)

the act of carrying or moving something

d)

tiny, loose grains of ground rock, found on beaches and in deserts.

3.

The word loam MOST NEARLY means

a)

a rich, easily crumbled soil made up of silt, sand, clay, and organic matter

b)

moist, stiff earth that is used for making brick, pottery, and tile.

c)

the top layer of the Earth's surface

d)

the act of carrying or moving something

4.

The word claim MOST NEARLY means

a)

a statement of something as true

b)

the transportation of rocks that have been broken down by weathering processes.

c)

the act of carrying or moving something

d)

to look carefully and closely, to learn the facts; examine.

5.

The word weathering MOST NEARLY means:

a)

the transportation of rocks that have been broken down by weathering processes.

b)

breaking down and changing rocks as a result of exposure to the environment.

c)

to look carefully and closely, to learn the facts; examine

d)

a statement of something as true

6.

The word soil MOST NEARLY means

a)

the top layer of the Earth's surface

b)

tiny, loose grains of ground rock, found on beaches and in deserts.

c)

the dropping off sediments that have been weathered or eroded.

d)

to look carefully and closely, to learn the facts; examine

7.

The word deposition MOST NEARLY means

a)

a rich, easily crumbled soil made up of silt, sand, clay, and organic matter

b)

the dropping off sediments that have been weathered or eroded.

c)

tiny, loose grains of ground rock, found on beaches and in deserts.

d)

the act of carrying or moving something

8.

The word evidence MOST NEARLY means

a)

breaking down and changing rocks as a result of exposure to the environment.

b)

the transportation of rocks that have been broken down by weathering processes.

c)

moist, stiff earth that is used for making brick, pottery, and tile.

d)

something that gives proof or a reason to believe.

9.

The word investigation MOST NEARLY means:

a)

moist, stiff earth that is used for making brick, pottery, and tile.

b)

the dropping off sediments that have been weathered or eroded.

c)

to look carefully and closely, to learn the facts; examine.

d)

to take in or soak up.

10.

The word clay MOST NEARLY means

a)

the transportation of rocks that have been broken down by weathering processes.

b)

the act of carrying or moving something

c)

moist, stiff earth that is used for making brick, pottery, and tile.

d)

to take in or soak up.

11.

The word sand MOST NEARLY means:

a)

the transportation of rocks that have been broken down by weathering processes.

b)

tiny, loose grains of ground rock, found on beaches and in deserts.

c)

to take in or soak up.

d)

the top layer of the Earth's surface

12.

The word erosion MOST NEARLY means:

a)

the transportation of rocks that have been broken down by weathering processes.

b)

a statement of something as true

c)

tiny, loose grains of ground rock, found on beaches and in deserts.

d)

moist, stiff earth that is used for making brick, pottery, and tile.