Geography and Earth Science Worksheet

Front

The _______ region receives the most rainfall in a year in the United States.

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Pacific Northwest

Front

What can form when water weathers and erodes layers of rock?

Back

Canyons

Front

If I put rocks into a jar of water and shook it, and then saw little pieces of sand in the water with the rocks, I would conclude that water can weather _______.

Back

rocks

Front

Scientists can measure small _______ and _______ in the air near a volcano to see when it might erupt.

Back

earthquakes, gasses

Front

A student puts a ball of modeling clay into the freezer overnight. He takes it out the next day and observes cracks in the clay. This is an example of weathering by _______. Options: ice, wind, water, sunlight.

Back

ice

Front

_______ ranges are found mainly on the edges of continents.

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Mountain

Front

Planting crops in rows that block water from running straight downhill helps stop erosion. It is important to test models of new designs to identify how a design might fall so that the design can be _______.

Back

improved

Front

If you were hiking through a U-shaped valley and saw boulders that were scraped smooth, what would you infer? The valley was carved by a _______. Options: glacier, river, wind, earthquake.

Back

glacier

Front

The youngest layer of sedimentary rock is usually on the _______ layer.

Back

top

Front

If a layer of earth had fossil remains of fish, you could infer that the land was once covered with _______. Options: water, sand, ice, forest.

Back

water