Earth Science Review

Question 1

What is a natural stream of water that flows into another body of water?

Accepted Answer

river

Question 2

What is the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to become a gas?

Accepted Answer

evaporation

Question 3

What is the landform with a high elevation and low relief?

Accepted Answer

plateau

Question 4

What is a volcanic mountain that does not reach the surface of the ocean

Accepted Answer

seamount

Question 5

What is a landform made of sediment that is deposited where the river flowers into the ocean?

Accepted Answer

delta

Question 6

What is the broad area of the ocean cover with mud and silt

Accepted Answer

abyssal plain

Question 7

What is an area with high elevation and high relief?

Accepted Answer

mountain

Question 8

What is the change in state from a gas to a liquid?

Accepted Answer

condensation

Question 9

What is a gently sloping shallow area that extends outwards from the continent?

Accepted Answer

continental shelf

Question 10

What is a long deep valley on the ocean floor?

Accepted Answer

trench

Question 11

What is a line the forms a boundary between the land and an ocean or lake?

Accepted Answer

coastline

Question 12

What is any form of water that falls from clouds?

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Question 13

What is a steep edge of the continental shelf?

Accepted Answer

continental slope

Question 14

What is a long chain of mountains on the ocean floor?

Accepted Answer

mid ocean ridge

Question 15

What is an area with low elevation and low relief?

Accepted Answer

plain

Question 16

What is the landform of sand piled up by the wind?

Accepted Answer

dune

Question 17

What is The process which water is lost through plant leaves?

Accepted Answer

transpiration

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