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WorksheetsUnit 5 Science Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 37mins
A student wants to create a model that shows how sand dunes are formed. First, she places sand in an aluminum pan. What’s her next step?
Pour a cup of water in the pan
Shake the pan back and forth
Use a fan to blow the sand
Place ice in the pan
How did the delta at the end of the Rio Grande form?
Sand and mud from the Gulf of Mexico were washed ashore by tsunamis
The river cut through the solid bedrock of the valley.
Hurricanes pushed soil and debris from the Gulf of Mexico onto the land.
The river deposited large amounts of sediment from land erosion.
All of these are related to the formation of natural gas and oil EXCEPT....
decomposed animals
decayed plants
sedimentary rock
active volcanoes
The model above shows layers of sediment on an ocean floor. Which of the following can explain how these layers can become rock over many years?
sand in the sediment melts and turns into rock
weight of the water compacts the sediment into rock
changing water temperatures turn sand in the sediment into rock
pollution caused by humans turns sediment into rock
What is this landform?
delta
canyon
valley
sand dune
Which of these resources are NOT renewable?
gasoline
sunlight
wind
corn
All the following is classified as a nonrenewable resource, BUT...
oil
natural gas
water
coal
The picture shows a wide u-shaped valley. This valleyw as most likely formed by?
wind
river
glacier
landslide
Which fossil fuel is formed only from dead plants in swamps?
Rubber
Petroleum
Coal
Natural Gas
Short-term data collected with a thermometer, rain gauge, and windsock are used to investigate?
Climate
Weather
What step of the water cycle includes heat energy from the sun being absorbed into the Earth's atmosphere?
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
What would happen to the Earth's water collections if the sun's thermal energy decreased?
There would be less water in the atmosphere and more water on Earth's surface
There would be an increase in evaporation causing less water on Earth's surface
What is the sun's role in the water cycle?
The sun powers the water cycle by cooling off water and causing it to condensate.
The sun powers the water cycle by providing thermal energy that changes liquid water into a water vapor that moves into Earth's atmosphere.
Before clouds can form from condensation, which step must occur?
Precipitation
Evaporation
Some scientists measured and recorded local rainfall amounts and water levels at several local lakes over the summer. They compared their measurements with data from the past 30 years. What characteristic of the area are the scientists studying?
Climate, because they are making more than one type of measurement
Climate, because they are comparing rainfall amounts over a long period of time
Weather, because they are tracking changes only to their local environment
Weather, because they expect rainfall amounts and water levels to continue to decrease
Each school year for 30 years, the amount of rain that fell at a school was measured and recorded. Tracking rainfall over a long period provides the most information about which characteristic of an area?
Climate
Temperature of one day
Weather
Type of soil
Which of these best describes climate rather than weather?
Wind speed is changing as a storm moves through an area.
The temperature is decreasing in a slow-moving cold front.
Annual high temperatures in the summer have increased over many decades.
The rainfall during one year was greater than the rainfall during the following year.
