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Amplify Science Ch. 3 and 4 Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

all the living and nonliving things in an area

a)

environment

b)

stable

c)

erosion

d)

data

2.

when rock, soil, or sand is worn down and moved from one place to another by water, wind, or ice

a)

environment

b)

cement

c)

erosion

d)

stable

3.

staying mostly the same

a)

environment

b)

stable

c)

inference

d)

pattern

4.

Which is the best example of the word "stable".

a)

an environment that has changed from a deep ocean to a shallow ocean

b)

an environment that is a beach and has not changed

c)

an environment that has changed from a floodplain to a shallow ocean and back to a floodplain

d)

an environment that was a deep ocean for many years, but then became a shallow ocean.

5.

Which is the best example of the word "environment".

a)

a box of shale found in a rocky outcrop

b)

a floodplain with ferns growing

c)

a fossil of a coral

d)

a picture of Abraham Lincoln

6.

Which of these are examples of erosion? Choose all that apply.

a)

Wind blowing and sand grains being being lifted off the ground bouncing into solid rock before returning to the ground.

b)

Rain flowing quickly over very dry and hard ground that picks up speed and forming a flash flood. The water picks up and carries away tiny pieces of rock and breaking it away in tiny pieces.

c)

Water building up in slot canyons that freeze. The ice expands and pushes the rock apart and making tiny breaks in the rock and causing pieces to break away.

d)

a volcano erupting and sending lava everywhere

7.

Choose the best word to complete the sentence below.

Rocky outcrops in the book "Rocky Wonders" are shaped by ____________.

a)

evidence

b)

sediment

c)

erosion

d)

volcanic rock

8.

Choose the best word to complete the sentence below.

It is not true that rocks are _________ and never change.

a)

strange

b)

eroding

c)

stable

d)

environmental

9.

Choose the best word to complete the sentence below.

If we know the order of the rock layers in a rocky outcrop, we can infer the order of the ____________ that was once a part of that location.

a)

erosion

b)

sediment

c)

environment

d)

hazard

10.

Which definition defines the word below?

stable

a)

staying mostly the same

b)

something we notice using the five senses

c)

small pieces of rock

d)

a proposed answer to a question

11.

Which definition defines the word below?

environment

a)

staying mostly the same

b)

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

c)

all the living and nonliving things in an area

d)

a clue about life from the past that is preserved in rock

12.

Which definition defines the word below?

erosion

a)

something we observe to be similar over and over again

b)

a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

c)

something you notices using the five senses

d)

when rock, soil, or sand is worn down and moved from one place to another by water, wind, or ice.