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Chapter 8 Science: Changes on Earth
Chapter 8 Science: Changes on Earth
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This is a review of concepts for Chapter 8 Science: Changes on Earth
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22. A natural stream of water that helps to shape the valley or plain it passes through is a _.
lake
glacier
ocean
river
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8. When igneous rock from a volcanic eruption cools, what does it form?
new crust
new core
new inner core
new mantle
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10. How does erosion MAINLY occur in dry regions?
Rock particles are carried away by water.
Sand particles blow against rocks.
Gravity pulls soil downhill.
Mud flows quickly down a slope.
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24. The movement of weathered material is called ______.
erosion
weathering
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9. What carries soil away from hilly farm fields?
rivers
waves
rain
plants
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7. This picture shows rock breaking into smaller pieces. What force causes this change?
weathering
erosion
gravity
flooding
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2. What layer of Earth is letter C?
crust
mantle
inner core
core
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12. How does water break apart a rock?
It takes up more space when it freezes in cold weather.
It takes up less space when it melts in warm weather.
It takes up more space when it melts in warm weather.
It takes up less space when it freezes in cold weather.
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25. This changes landforms over time
both weathering and erosion
none of these
erosion
weathering
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16. Salt water that covers almost 3/4 of Earth's surface is called______.
ocean
lake
river
glacier
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23. ________breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
erosion
weathering
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18. A large, mostly flat area of land is called______.
hill
plateau
plain
valley
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17. A low, narrow area of the crust formed by rivers is called________.
valley
plain
mountain
volcano
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21. A plain that is higher than the land around it is called____.
plain
valley
hill
plateau
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1. What layer of Earth is Letter B?
core
crust
inner core
mantle
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5. What force can rapidly change the Earth's landscape?
weathering
volcanic eruptions
wind erosion
thunderstorms
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26. The land much higher above the land around it is called a _______.
valley
plateau
hill
mountain
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4. What forms when water slows enough to fill an area?
lake
waterfall
stream
river
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6.What landform is made when a river slowly cuts through rock?
mountain
valley
hill
plain
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19. A high place on Earth's surface, but NOT as high as a mountain is called______.
plateau
plain
hill
volcano
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11. What causes a rockslide-the quick movement of rocks down a slope?
water
glaciers
wind
gravity
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13. The land next to the ocean is called ______.
coast
plain
hill
valley
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20. An opening of the Earth's crust through which hot, melted rock is forced up is a ___.
volcano
hill
mountain
plateau
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15. What forms when the flow of water slows enough to fill an area?
valley
plateau
lake
ocean
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3. What layer of Earth is letter A?
core
inner core
crust
mantle
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14. What is a large moving body of ice?
plateau
river
glacier
lake
