Chapter 4 Test

Question 1

True or False: Matter that settles at the bottom of a liquid is SEDIMENT

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False: The shaking of the earth’s crust is an EARTHQUAKE

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False: A place in the earth where magma can erupt as lava is a LANDSLIDE

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True or False: The place where a river begins, usually high in hte mountains, is its MOUTH

Answer 4

False

Question 5

True or False: A natural formation of rock or soil on the earth’s surface is called a LANDFORM

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False: Seventy percent of the earth is covered by WATER

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or False: A new landform made by soil deposited at the end of a river is a SOURCE

Answer 7

False

Question 8

True or False: A MINERAL is a substance in the earth that has never been alive

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The loss of topsoil by water and wind

Answer 9

Erosion

Question 10

To plant different crops from year to year

Answer 10

Rotate

Question 11

Soil in which plants grow well

Answer 11

Fertile

Question 12

A ditch formed where soil washed away

Answer 12

Gully

Question 13

Hot, liquid rock found in the earth’s mantle

Answer 13

Magma

Question 14

The top layer of the earth’s crust

Answer 14

Bedrock

Question 14

Large mass of moving rock or soil from a mountain or cliff

Answer 14

Landslide

Question 15

Precipitation on land that eventually trickles into streams

Answer 15

Water runoff

Question 16

The very center of the earth

Answer 16

Core

Question 17

Water, the right kid of air, and good soil are examples of natural ?

Answer 17

Resources

Question 18

Material in the soil that is made from living things that are broken down or decayed is ?

Answer 18

humus

Question 19

There are ? continents on the earth.

Answer 19

seven

Question 20

The coldest parts of the earth are the ?

Answer 20

poles

Question 21

The outlayer of the earth is the ?

Answer 21

crust

Question 22

The imaginary line around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles is the ?

Answer 22

equator

Question 23

Name two ways we can be good stewards of the earth.

Answer 23

1. recycling, repurposing or reusing materials
2. saving water, soil, and energy

Question 24

Earth’s 3 layers from the outside to the inside

Answer 24

1. crust (outside)
2. mantle (middle)
3. core (inside)

Question 25

Write the 3 layers of the soil from the top side and down

Answer 25

1. topsoil
2. subsoil
3. bedrock