WorksheetsSemester 1 Review- E-Learning Activity
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
All of the following cause MECHANICAL weathering EXCEPT:
a)
Ice
b)
Tree Roots
c)
Water
d)
Carbonic Acid
2.
Ice wedging is caused by ___________________
a)
Acids freezing on rocks
b)
Water and Oxygen reacting
c)
Water Freezing and Thawing
d)
Rocks colliding with each other
3.
An area's climate is _____________________________
a)
its high and low temperatures
b)
its annual rainfall
c)
its pattern of weather over many years
d)
its daily weather over the last year.
4.
The minerals found in the B and C horizons were dissolved and carried down to those soil layers through the process of _______________
a)
Oxidation
b)
Leaching
c)
Weathering
d)
Precipitation
5.
The Global Positioning System sends __________________ to give users their precise locations.
a)
Sound Waves
b)
Radio Signals
c)
Doppler Radar
d)
shadows cast by landforms
6.
To determine distance east and west, you would use ______________.
a)
lines of latitude
b)
the equator
c)
contour lines
d)
lines of longitude
7.
An example of a raised, flat areas is/are the ___________________.
a)
Grand Teton Mountains
b)
Coastal Plains
c)
Colorado Plateau
d)
Appalachian Mountains
8.
_________________ cells change the Sun's energy into electricity.
a)
solar
b)
coal
c)
nuclear
d)
hydroelectric
9.
A ____________________ can be replaced within a human lifetime.
a)
solar
b)
biomass
c)
renewable resource
d)
inexhaustible resource
10.
______________ is formed from the buried remains of marine organisms.
a)
solar
b)
biomass
c)
nuclear
d)
oil
11.
One DISADVANTAGE of using _________________ energy is that it produces radioactive waste.
a)
nulear
b)
oil
c)
solar
d)
hydroelectric
12.
True or False: Once a rock is formed, it stays the same rock forever.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Igneous rock is formed from the ______________ of either magma or lava.
a)
moving
b)
heating
c)
cooling
14.
Scientists know that the sedimentary layers on top are _______________________ than the fossils in lower layers.
a)
younger
b)
older
c)
the same age as
15.
A(n) ________________ is the basic unit of matter
a)
electron
b)
atom
c)
space
16.
Properties of matter that do not change a substance into a new substance are ______________ properties.
a)
chemical
b)
physical
17.
______________ are particles located in an atom's nucleus.
a)
Electrons and Neutrons
b)
Protons and Electrons
c)
Protons and Neutrons
18.
On Earth, water is naturally found in all of these states of matter except __________________.
a)
gas
b)
liquid
c)
solid
d)
plasma
19.
At it's boiling point, a liquid becomes a ________________.
a)
gas
b)
liquid
c)
solid
20.
The variable that changes in an experiment is called the
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
control
d)
constant
21.
Variables that do not change in an experiment are the
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
controls
d)
constants
22.
The variable being measured is the
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
control
d)
constant
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