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1.
An area of new land at the mouth of a river, formed from sediments carried by the river is called
the
a. epicenter
b. delta
c. topography
d. fault
2.
A hill of sand, made and shaped by the wind is a
a. jetty
b. sand dune
c. sinkhole
d. delta
3.
A body of water with land on all sides
a. peninsula
b. ocean
c. island
d. lake
4.
A very flat land with grass and very few trees
a. plain
b. desert
c. hill
d. valley
5.
Land that has water around three sides of it
a. island
b. valley
c. peninsula
d. ocean
6.
have fairly level surfaces but surfaces but stand high above sea level, often found near
large mountain ranges.
a. Prairies
b. Plateaus
c. Valleys
d. Loess
7.
A piece of land that is surrounded by water is a/an
a. peninsula
b. bay
c. island
d. plain
8.
A butte is:
a. a large mass of slow moving ice
b. rock carried by wind, water or ice
c. body of water partly enclosed by land
d. a narrow-topped hill with very steep clifflike sides
9.
What landform has a peak?
a. Hill
b. Plateau
c. Mountain
d. Valley
10.
What is the landform or body of water called that is partly enclosed by land (
and is usually smaller than a gulf)?
a. estuary
b. fjord
c. bay
d. island
Erosion and Deposition Answer Key
1.
Erosion and deposition are likely to happen when the land does not have trees or
plants.
a. True
b. False
2.
Rivers deposit large amounts of material when they flown into the ocean.
a. True
b. False
3.
is the process that lays down (drops) sediment in a new location.
a. Erosion
b. Deposition
c. Weathering
d. Meandering
4.
The process of moving pieces of soil or rock by mechanisms including gravity, wind,
water, ice plants or animals its called:
a. deposition
b. erosion
c. landslide
d. weathering
5.
When pound against cracks in rocks on the shore they erode, and
pieces of rocks break off and are carried away. The shoreline erodes, forming new
landforms, such as .
a. mudslide; rivers
b. lakes; ponds
c. waves; beaches
6.
The rapid downhill movement of large amount of rock and soil is called a(n):
a. erosion
b. landslide
c. avalanche
d. earthquake
7.
A large deposit of material from a river into the ocean forms an area called a
a. peninsula
b. delta
c. dune
d. beach
8.
a. dunes
b. deltas
c. peninsulas
d. islands
9.
Large amount of snow and ice that fall rapidly down a mountain is called a(n):
a. landslide
b. avalanche
c. erosion
d. deposition
10.
Answers will vary - People can grow plants, farmers can build hilly steps or
terraces, and along the seashore people can build barriers to stop large
waves from carrying away sand from the beach.
a. True
b. False
2.
a. True
b. False
3.
Precipitation is any form of water that falls from the sky.
a. True
b. False
4.
a. hail
b. rain
c. snow
5.
The at the Earth's surface determines the form of precipitation.
a. water cycle
b. condensation
c. temperature
6.
a. hail
b. sleet
c. rain
d. snow
7.
is water vapor in the atmosphere that has frozen into ice crystals and
falls to the ground in the form of flakes
a. Sleet
b. Rain
c. Snow
d. Hail
8.
a. rain
b. cloud
c. water cycle
d. snow
9.
Which of the following forms when supercooled raindrops freeze on contact with
solid objects near the Earth's surface?
a. freezing rain
b. hail
c. sleet
d. snow
10.
a. Rain
b. Sleet
c. Hail
d. Snow
Grade 11Tectonics
In oceanic-continent convergence, the lower density continental plate is
subducted beneath the oceanic plate.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Atmosphere
What type of air pressure is caused by warm air rising in a hurricane?
a. low
b. occluded
c. stationary
d. high
Grade 11Volcanoes
What is a volcano island?
a. Volcano whose summit rises above sea level.
b. Occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another.
c. Rounded underwater rise of low elevation
Grade 11Tectonics
What do we call the point where an earthquake starts?
a. epicenter
b. target
c. focus
d. fault
Grade 11Atmosphere
What do we call a large thunderstorm that has rotation in it?
a. hurricane
b. super cell
c. cold front
d. blizzard
Grade 11Tectonics
The theory explaining that the Earth's outer shell is composed of many
moving segments is called the theory.
a. primordial ooze
b. tectonic plate
c. gradualism
d. lithosphere
Grade 11Minerals
Color is unreliable for identifying a mineral because
a. most minerals have similar colors.
b. small amounts of other elements affect color, but weathered surfaces will
reveal color.
c. small amounts of other elements affect color, and weathered
surfaces may hide color.
d. most minerals are virtually colorless.
Grade 11Rocks
The chemical reaction of oxygen with other substances is called oxidation.
a. True
b. False
Overfishing and certain other methods are depleting some fish populations.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Soil
What is the chief threat to soil?
a. erosion
b. pests
c. destructive plant life
d. deposition
Grade 11Atmosphere
What is it called when there are winds of different speeds under a storm?
a. acceleration zone
b. wind differential
c. hail zone
d. wind shear
Grade 11Atmosphere
About 20% of the Earth's atmosphere is this gas.
a. oxygen
b. nitrogen
c. carbon dioxide
Grade 11Tectonics
The theory explaining that the Earth's outer shell is composed of many
moving segments is called the theory.
a. lithosphere
b. primordial ooze
c. tectonic plate
d. gradualism
Grade 11Geology
A geochemist is a person who specializes in the chemistry
of .
a. the atmosphere
b. rocks, minerals, and soils
c. living things
d. tornadoes
Grade 11Volcanoes
Volcano eruptions can be eliminated.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Rocks
Due to different combinations of materials, rocks will weather at different
rates. For example, a marble headstone will weather faster than a granite
headstone.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Volcanoes
Where did the study of volcanology begin?
a. Mt. Kilimanjaro
b. Mt. Denali
c. Mt. St. Helens
d. Mt. Etna
Grade 11Tectonics
At an active continental margin
a. earthquakes keep sediment on the continental shelf
b. continent shelves are very wide
c. continental shelves are under unusually deep water
d. sediment disappears into a trench
Grade 11Volcanoes
An island arc is a string of volcanic islands formed when two tectonic plates
diverge.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Atmosphere
Tornadoes are violent windstorms that take the form of a rotating column of
air called a vortex.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Atmosphere
Air pressure as you go higher up in the atmosphere.
a. increases
b. decreases
Grade 11Atmosphere
Air pressure is measured with a
a. thermometer
b. isobar
c. hygrometer
d. barometer
Grade 11Atmosphere
The inner layer of the atmosphere that extends about 11 miles above sea
level and contains most of the planet's air.
a. troposphere
b. stratosphere
c. hydrosphere
d. biosphere
Grade 11Minerals
An inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition, an orderly
internal structure and a characteristic set of physical properties is a/an:
a. element
b. mineral
c. radioactive waste
d. nuclear fusion
Grade 11Atmosphere
The greater the difference in air pressure, the greater the wind speed.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Atmosphere
Air pressure is not an important factor in weather forecasting.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Atmosphere
The layer of the atmosphere 11-30 miles above sea level. Its lower portion
contains ozone.
a. troposphere
b. stratosphere
c. hydrosphere
d. biosphere
Soil, wood, sand, and charcoal are all examples of fossil fuels.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Atmosphere
A/an is an immense body of air that has consistent temperature and moisture.
a. sea breeze
b. tornado
c. mountain breeze
d. air mass
Grade 11Atmosphere
winds are those that are strongly influenced by the Earths terrain (mountains,
vegetation, or bodies of water).
a. Global
b. Local
Grade 11Atmosphere
Clouds are formed by the motion of air.
a. upward
b. downward
c. side to side
Grade 11Atmosphere
Wind is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
Grade 11Atmosphere
What is the eye wall of a hurricane?
a. location in a hurricane where the most damaging winds/rain is found
b. the calm part of the hurricane
c. the part of the hurricane with the slowest winds
d. a hurricane that does not exceed 119 kilometers per hour
Grade 11Atmosphere
Which one of the following abbreviations would be used to describe a maritime tropical air
mass?
a. mE
b. mP
c. mT
d. cT
Grade 11Atmosphere
winds are really large air masses that are created mainly as a result of the earths
rotation, the shape of the earth and the suns heating power.
a. Global
b. Local
Grade 11Minerals
Ore minerals do not contain elements.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Atmosphere
What force holds the atmosphere to the Earth?
a. centrifugal force
b. gravity
c. radioactive decay
d. atmospheric pressure
Grade 11Minerals
These are the two main groups that all minerals can be classified into.
a. Crystalline and Noncrystalline
b. Quartz and Granite
c. Igneous and Metamorphic
d. Silicate and Nonsilicate
Grade 11Rocks
The rock below most likely formed though and its major
mineral component is .
a. crystallization, calcite
b. precipitation, quartz
c. deposition, calcite
d. metamorphism, quartz
Grade 11Rocks
Look at the two rock samples below.
Grade 11Minerals
To be a part of the oxide mineral group the mineral must contain this.
a. Oxygen
b. Osmium
c. Carbon
d. Silicon
Grade 11Rocks
The type of metamorphism this rock undergoes occurs due to the pressure
and heat from the movement of one tectonic plate against another.
a. Concrete Metamorphism
b. Contact Metamorphism
c. Tectonic Metamorphism
d. Regional Metamorphism
Grade 11Atmosphere
Wind is a result of horizontal differences in air pressure.
Grade 11Minerals
The chemical formulas of 5 minerals are listed below. Write the letter on the
line that matches each chemical formula to its correct mineral group.
C Fe2O3Fe2O3
E CuSCuS
D CaSO4CaSO4
B KAlSi3O8KAlSi3O8
A CaCO3CaCO3
Grade 11Atmosphere
About how many thunderstorms happen annually around the world?
a. 1 million
b. 300
c. 16 million
d. 3 million
Grade 11Rocks
Which of the following is least permeable?
a. silt
b. clay
c. sand
d. gravel
e. hummus
Grade 11Atmosphere
Global winds are really large air masses that are created mainly
as a result of the earths rotation, the shape of the earth and the suns
heating power.
Grade 11Atmosphere
Name for a hurricane that forms in the western Pacific Ocean.
a. Hurricane
b. Storm Surge
c. Eye
d. Eye Wall
e. Typhoon
Grade 11Atmosphere
Cyclones are pressure centers
a. high
b. low
s speculate were lost from the Earth's primordial atmosphere, shortly after it
formed?
a. nitrogen and oxygen
b. hydrogen and helium
c. oxygen and hydrogen
d. carbon dioxide and oxygen
Grade 11Atmosphere
The earth's atmosphere has had major stage(s) in its evolution.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
Grade 11Minerals
To be placed into the sulfide mineral group the mineral must have this.
a. Silicon
b. Carbon
c. Sodium
d. Sulfur
Grade 11Rocks
Rock that is composed of rounded gravel-sized fragments, or pebbles.
a. Marble
b. Breccia
c. Granite
d. Conglomerate
Grade 11Atmosphere
What happens to hurricanes when they move over land and why?
Grade 11Geology
Geology, is the study of the universe or the world beyond our Earth's
atmosphere.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Atmosphere
Tornadoes are associated with
a. cyclones
b. anti-cyclones
Grade 11Rocks
Of the rocks listed below, which type would most likely have formed feature
M on the diagram?
a. shale
b. basalt
c. schist
d. quartzite
Grade 11Rocks
A geologist excavates an alternating sequence of light and dark shales.
Which is the most likely depositional environment for the rock sequence?
a. fluvial
b. marine
c. alluvial
d. lacustrine
Grade 11Atmosphere
What is air pressure?
The pressure exerted by the weight of the air above.
Grade 11Atmosphere
What are the three stages of hurricane, in order?
Grade 11Minerals
The main component found in glass is
a. Water
b. Lime
c. Sodium Oxide
d. Silica
Grade 11Atmosphere
The atmosphere helps support life on earth by:
a. providing oxygen
b. protecting from solar radiation
c. regulating the temperature
d. all of the above
Grade 11Atmosphere
The atmosphere helps support life on earth by:
a. providing oxygen
b. protecting from solar radiation
c. regulating the temperature
d. all of the above
Grade 11Minerals
Gypsum is a 2 on Mohs hardness scale, while Topaz is an 8.
Can Gypsum scratch Topaz? Yes/No
Explain your answer.
No, Topaz is much harder compared to Gypsum according to
Mohs hardness scale.
Grade 11Rocks
Which set of rocks would most likely be formed from the eruption of material
from a fissure vent?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Grade 11Atmosphere
This Earth science studies forces and processes that produce weather:
a. astronomy
b. meteorology
c. geology
d. oceanography
Grade 11Rocks
Molten rock and gas under very high pressure that can reach extremely high
temperatures is called magma.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Atmosphere
Energy from what source drives the atmosphere and hydrosphere?
a. sun
b. radioactive decay
c. primordial coalescence
d. chemical reactions
Grade 11Atmosphere
What do scientists speculate that shortly after our planet formed, was lost
from its early atmosphere?
a. its early nitrogen
b. volatile compounds such as hydrogen and helium
c. clouds
d. oxygen
Grade 11Atmosphere
Anti-cyclones are pressure centers.
a. low
b. high
Grade 11Atmosphere
The Earth's atmosphere is made up 78% of
a. Nitrogen
b. Oxygen
c. Argon
d. Carbon Dioxide
Grade 11Atmosphere
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the loss of Earth's early
atmosphere?
a. solar winds
b. the molecules were light and vaporized
c. it were absorbed through the earth's crust
d. it "boiled off"
Grade 11Atmosphere
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the loss of our early atmosphere?
a. solar winds
b. the molecules were light and vaporized
c. it was absorbed through the earth's crust
d. it "boiled off"
Grade 11Minerals
Describe why ore minerals are important.
economically useful to humans - often mined for metals
Grade 11Geology
The lithosphere is the outermost, cool, hard and strong layer of the
a. core
b. mantle
c. geosphere
d. hydrosphere
is a resource that provides space for cities and suburbs and raw
materials for industry.
a. Forest
b. Oceans
c. Land
d. Air
Column A
a. infiltration
b. transpiration
c. evaporation
d. condensation
e. water table
f. hydrosphere
g. run-off
Column B
1. Water vapor becomes liquid
2. The upper level of underground water
3. Surface water
4. Water percolates or seeps into the soil
5. plants lose water from their leaves
6. All the earth's water
7. Liquid water becomes water vapor
a. 4
b. 5
c. 7
d. 1
e. 2
f. 6
g. 3
Grade 11Atmosphere
Explain how the jet stream can affect air travel in North America.
Planes flying into the jet stream (West) can lag because of the
force of the wind. Planes flying with the jet stream (East) are
helped along by the force of the wind.
Grade 11Tectonics
Island arcs form along
a. subduction zones
b. rapidly spreading mid-ocean ridges
c. transform faults
d. wide continental shelves
Grade 11Atmosphere
The Earth's atmosphere is made up 78% of
a. Nitrogen
b. Oxygen
c. Argon
d. Carbon Dioxide
Grade 11Rocks
Sandstone is found in which geospheric layer?
a. crust
b. mantle
c. core
d. hydrosphere
Grade 11Geology
The Earth receives energy from
a. the Sun.
b. radioactive decay.
c. entropy.
d. answers a. and b. only.
Grade 11Tectonics
A continental margin occurs where continental and oceanic crust
are firmly joined together.
a. passive
b. active
c. stable
Grade 11Tectonics
Buildings can be made earthquake proof.
a. True
b. False
Grade 11Tectonics
A continental margin occurs where continental and oceanic crust
are firmly joined together.
a. passive
b. active
c. stable