Earth Science Important definitions

Earth Science Important definitions

9th - 12th Grade

36 Qs

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Earth Science Important definitions

Earth Science Important definitions

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

James Loesch

FREE Resource

36 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a glacier slides over a rock and the rock beneath the glacier is scratched

arc

abraded

disintergration

hardness

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

sandbars that reach above sea level

barrier islands

islands

beach

sand dunes

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a strip of sediment (usually sand or gravel) that extends from the low tide line to a cliff or zone of permanent vegetation

baymouth bar

island

beach

beach face

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

solid, unweathered portion of the lithosphere

soil

rock

strata

bedrock

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

average weather of a region over an extended period of time.

weather

climate

temperature

normal weather

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

ground moraine reshaped by later glaciers into stream hills of till

physical weathering

erosion

drumlins

downstreams

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a mound or ridge of sand deposited by the wind

mountain

island

beach

dune

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