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Milestone Review - Whole Year
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What do we call the carrying away of rocks?
Compaction
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering
2
What do we call the breaking down of rocks?
Weathering
Deposition
Erosion
Compaction
3
Which planet is not terrestrial?
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
4
What causes seasons?
Orbital Distance from the sun
Earth's rotation
Tilt of Earth
Earth's revolution
5
How many centimeters are in a meter
1
1000
10
100
6
What type of rock is made from heat & pressure?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Mineral
Igneous
7
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?
Solid
Crystal Structure
Organic
Naturally Occuring
8
What term refers to a planet moving around the sun?
Revolution
Rotation
9
Which word means the grinding down and wearing away of rocks?
Gravity
Cementation
Abrasion
Deposition
10
At which type of boundary is crust created?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
11
How do we know about the inside of Earth?
We have been there
earthquakes
seismic waves
water waves
12
Which layer of Earth is the densest?
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
13
Which heats faster?
Water
Land
14
What powers the water cycle?
Moon
Sun
Plants
Clouds
15
Where is the
majority
of Earth's water?
Frozen
Ponds, Rivers, Lakes
Oceans
Underground
16
Which layer of Earth is liquid?
Mantle
Outer Core
Crust
Inner Core
17
What is the very top soil horizon called?
Bedrock
Sub Soil
Organic Layer
Topsoil
18
Which is more dense?
Cold Air
Warm Air
19
Which eclipse is seen below?
Solar
Lunar
20
Which type of boundary is shown in the picture?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
21
Which ocean floor feature is similar to a flat grassland?
Sea Mounts
Rift Valley
Abyssal Plain
Subduction Zone
22
Which of the following is a part of soil?
Weathered Rocks
Air
Organic Material
Water
23
Which of the following is an agent of chemical weathering?
Plants
Weak Acid
Ice
Animals
24
What do you call melted rock BELOW Earth's surface?
magma
lava
25
Which eclipse is seen below?
Lunar
Solar
26
What is the name of the hypothesis that continents were once together, then broke and moved?
Scientific Method
Seafloor spreading
Continental Drift
Asthenosphere
27
In which part of the water cycle does water change from
liquid
to
gas?
Evaporation
Condensation
Runoff
Precipitation
28
Which type of rock is formed from weathering and erosion?
Mineral
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
29
At which type of boundary does seafloor
spreading
occur?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
30
In which part of the water cycle does water change from gas to liquid?
Condensation
Precipitation
Evaporation
Runoff
31
Which layer of Earth is the thickest?
Crust
Outer Core
Mantle
Inner Core
32
At which type of boundary is crust recycled or destroyed?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
33
Which word is a synonym for "spin"?
Revolve
Transpiration
Orbit
Rotate
34
What is the texture of extrusive igneous rocks?
Coarse Grained
Fine Grained
Medium Grained
35
How many milliliters in a liter?
1000
10
100
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