WorksheetsCGeo Chapter 2 Review DSOC
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following is a major landform?
Mountain
Plain
Plateau
No correct option is given
What is the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces?
Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?
How does folding affect Earth's surface?
Folding causes the crust to buckle, and over time, to rise up and form mountains.
Folding causes the crust to sink.
Folding causes the crust to bend in half.
Folding has no effect on Earth's surface.
A geologist notices that the land on one side of a break in the crust is slightly higher than the other side.
What has the geologist found?
an anticline
a fault
a fold
a joint
Which type of water is most common on Earth?
saltwater
swampwater
freshwater
Which of the following describes an ocean?
A large bodies of salt water that surrounds a continent
A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.
A large body of saltwater that is often connected to an ocean. It may be partly or completely surrounded by land.
Which of the following describes a sea?
A huge sheet of ice that covers land.
A large body of saltwater that is often connected to an ocean. It may be partly or completely surrounded by land.
A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.
Which of the following describes a river?
A huge sheet of ice that covers land.
An area where water, usually freshwater, is surrounded by land.
A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.
Which of the following describes a glacier?
Huge sheets of ice that cover land.
A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.
A large body of saltwater that is often connected to an ocean and is partly or completely surrounded by land.
How are lakes and ponds different?
A pond is usually smaller than a lake.
A lake is usually smaller than a pond.
A lake has more birds and fish than a pond.
About how much of the Earth is covered in water?
50%
75%
97%
100%
Where is most water on Earth found?
ponds
oceans and seas
glaciers
lakes and rivers
streams
The more pointed the top of a mountain is, the older it is.
True
False
Geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occurred in the past.
uniformitarianism
catastrophism
superposition
correlation
Idea that conditions and creatures on Earth change in quick, violent events.
lateral
index fossil
uniformitarianism
catastrophism
Christians believe God when He says in His word that the ? was a catastrophic event that greatly changed the surface of the earth.
(a)
