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UNIT 4 VOCAB SCIENCE 5TH GRADE

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The farthest layer of atmosphere from Earth's surface

a)

Thermosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Altitude

d)

Exosphere

2.

The layer of atmosphere right below the top layer whose prefix means temperature

a)

Stationary Front

b)

Buoyant

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Sleet

3.

The layer of atmosphere that is in the middle

a)

Water Table

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Clouds

d)

Hydrosphere

4.

An airmass that forms over land

a)

Continental

b)

Runoff

c)

Sleet

d)

El nino

5.

An air mass that forms over water

a)

Water Table

b)

Aquifer

c)

Maritime

d)

Global warming

6.

As you go higher into the atmosphere it is thinner

a)

Clouds

b)

Buoyant

c)

Stationary front

d)

Altitude

7.

A front that stays in the same place for a few days

a)

Exosphere

b)

Stationary front

c)

Reservoir

d)

Dew

8.

Current that occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator: The ocean currents change/shift their usual pattern.

a)

Sleet

b)

El Nino

c)

Fog

d)

Deposition

9.

An increase in the world average temperature because of the use of fossil fuels.

a)

Dew

b)

Buoyant

c)

Global Warming

d)

Clouds

10.

An increase in CO2 that leads to Global Warming

a)

Salinity

b)

El Nino

c)

Aquifer

d)

Greenhouse Effect

11.

A mid latitude global wind that blows mostly in one direction

a)

Buoyant

b)

Prevailing Winds

c)

Altitude

d)

Maritime

12.

All the waters of Earth's surface

a)

Exosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Aquifer

d)

Precipitation

13.

The layer of rock and soil that groundwater flows through

a)

Water Table

b)

Continental

c)

Run-off

d)

Aquifer

14.

The top level of groundwater in aquifer. We get our water supply from groundwater

a)

Sublimation

b)

Water Table

c)

Sleet

d)

Reservoir

15.

When a substance floats on top of another substance (oil on top of water)

a)

Buoyant

b)

Continental

c)

Salinity

d)

Dew

16.

Ice (a solid) changing directly into water vapor (a gas) is the process

a)

Stationary Front

b)

Fog

c)

Sublimation

d)

Runoff

17.

Water vapor or ice crystals that join together and condense (condensation)

a)

Clouds

b)

Altitude

c)

Sleet

d)

Reservoir

18.

The measure of how salty water is

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

El Nino

c)

Salinity

d)

Greenhouse Effect

19.

Frozen drops of rain

a)

Continental

b)

Sleet

c)

Global warming

d)

Mesosphere

20.

An artificial lake that forms behind a dam

a)

Buoyant

b)

Pollutants

c)

Reservoir

d)

Maritime

21.

Any form of water that falls from the clouds

a)

Precipitation

b)

Global Warming

c)

Sleet

d)

Salinity

22.

Liquid water on the grass formed from condensation fog

a)

Deposition

b)

Altitude

c)

El Nino

d)

Dew

23.

Any form of water that moves downhill

a)

Run-off

b)

Prevailing winds

c)

Exosphere

d)

Maritime

24.

At the end of the water cycle, water goes back (deposits) into the bodies of water

a)

Aquifer

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Deposition

d)

Buoyant

25.

A cloud at ground level

a)

El Nino

b)

Salinity

c)

Altitude

d)

Fog

26.

A substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere.

a)

Pollutants

b)

Salinity

c)

Exosphere

d)

Precipitation