Science Unit 5 Study Guide

Question 1

A rounded mound with low elevation

Answer 1

Abyssal hill

Question 2

Place where magma comes out of the mantle onto the ocean crust and forms volcanoes and islands.

Answer 2

Hot spot

Question 3

A deep hole that is often part of a river that flows into the ocean

Answer 3

Underwater canyon

Question 4

A very deep, long hole in the ocean floor

Answer 4

Trench

Question 5

A volcano whose top rises out of the water.

Answer 5

Volcanic island

Question 6

An old volcano with a flat top

Answer 6

Guyot

Question 7

The flat part of the ocean that covers most of the ocean floor

Answer 7

Abyssal plain

Question 8

A fossil fuel that mostly forms above places in the earth’s crust that have oil

Answer 8

Natural gas

Question 9

A fossil fuel made from dead plants that lived long ago

Answer 9

Coal

Question 10

These CANNOT be made again after they are used

Answer 10

Nonrenewable resources

Question 11

These CAN be made again after they are used

Answer 11

Renewable rescources

Question 12

Formed from magma and lava

Answer 12

Igneous rock

Question 13

The process of rocks breaking down into smaller pieces

Answer 13

Weathering

Question 14

The process of weathered material being carried away to a new location

Answer 14

Erosin

Question 15

The process of eroded material settling down into one place

Answer 15

Deposition

Question 16

Created by the movement of plates under the earth’s crust and underwater volcanoes

Answer 16

Ocean landforms

Question 17

This cannot be something that is alive or was once alive

Answer 17

A mineral

Question 18

Contains all three soil textures – sand, silt, and clay

Answer 18

Loamy soil

Question 19

If weathered rock is the SAME as the rock it came from

Answer 19

Physical weathering

Question 20

If weathered rock is DIFFERENT from the rock it came from

Answer 20

Chemical weathering

Question 21

Wind and water help with ______ & _______

Answer 21

Weathering & Erosion

Question 22

______ can form lakes due to erosion, weathering, and deposition

Answer 22

Glaciers

Question 23

Land formation steps order (3 steps)

Answer 23

First - Weathering
Second - Erosion
Third - Deposition