Earth Science Constructive Process Review - 5th grade

Question 1

When plates push together, folding and uplifting, they form...

Accepted Answer

mountains

Question 2

How does a volcano cause a constructive change to the Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

It adds new land.

Question 3

How does a volcano cause a constructive change to the Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

It forms new land.

Question 4

What is the outer layer of the Earth called?

Accepted Answer

crust

Question 5

What is the dropping of sediment or particles by water, wind, or ice?

Accepted Answer

deposition

Question 6

Magma can work its way up through the Earth's crust and flow out as...

Accepted Answer

lava

Question 7

A bend in a river with a broad, sandy beach was likely caused by...

Accepted Answer

deposition

Question 8

Which of these rapidly affect Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 9

Ocean currents help create...

Accepted Answer

barrier islands

Question 10

When gravity combines with heavy rain this rapid landform can occur.

Accepted Answer

landslide

Question 11

An area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river...

Accepted Answer

delta

Question 12

When a river meets an ocean, sediments drop out because the river...

Accepted Answer

slows down

Question 13

The Hawaiian Islands were formed as a result of...

Accepted Answer

volcanic activity

Question 14

A surface feature can be changed by natural forces such as...

Accepted Answer

wind, water, and ice

Question 15

Wind sweeps sand into _____________ that form on the inland part of beaches.

Accepted Answer

sand dunes

Question 16

A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor...

Accepted Answer

tsunami

Question 17

Rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies is called...

Accepted Answer

igneous rock

Question 18

What is the theory that states that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move?

Accepted Answer

plate tectonics

Question 19

What do you call a break in the Earth's crust caused by force...

Accepted Answer

fault

Question 20

Constructive forces, such as deposition and volcanic activity, _____ Earth's surface features.

Accepted Answer

build up

Question 21

The minerals or organic matter deposited by water, ice, or air is called...

Accepted Answer

sediment

Question 22

Where do deltas form?

Accepted Answer

At the mouths of rivers

Question 23

What do you call the sudden movement of Earth's crust?

Accepted Answer

earthquake

Question 24

An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash and gases are ejected...

Accepted Answer

volcano

Question 25

_______ can form after a river rushes down a steep slope and then slows over a flat plain.

Accepted Answer

Alluvial fans

Question 26

Volcanoes can create new land when they release...

Accepted Answer

lava

Question 27

What is used to study the movement of the Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

seismographs

Question 28

Melted rock below the earth's surface is called...

Accepted Answer

magma

Question 29

Which land feature forms where two continental plates collide?

Accepted Answer

mountains

Earth Science Constructive Process Review - 5th grade

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Earth Science Constructive Process Review - 5th grade

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