Ohio Science Fusion 8th grade: Unit 2 Review

Question 1

What is the contour interval for this topographic map?

Accepted Answer

20

Question 2

These are examples of chemical weathering

Accepted Answer

oxidation, acid precipitation

Question 3

What do a series of closed contour lines represent on a topographic map?

Accepted Answer

hilltop

Question 4

Breaking down rock material by chemical and physical means

Accepted Answer

weathering

Question 5

There is a steep valley with a stream at the bottom. What most likely causes a valley to form?

Accepted Answer

running water

Question 6

What is the distance between between each contour line called?

Accepted Answer

contour interval

Question 7

Images take from space are known as...?

Accepted Answer

Satellite images

Question 8

What agent is responsible for the formation of sand dunes?

Accepted Answer

Wind

Question 9

Stream X causes more erosion than Stream Y. Which is not an explanation for the difference?

Accepted Answer

Stream Y flows faster than Stream X

Question 10

How does weathering change Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

it wears it down

Question 11

Why does a stream drop its sediment?

Accepted Answer

The speed of the water was too slow

Question 12

How does a sinkhole form?

Accepted Answer

Underground water erodes rock forming a cave that collapses

Question 13

Sam has a garden. After a storm the rain washes some of the soil away. This is an example of ?

Accepted Answer

erosion

Question 14

Which statement best explains why a stream could no longer carry all its sediment?

Accepted Answer

Speed of the water was too slow

Question 15

What direction is the water of this river flowing?

Accepted Answer

east →

Question 16

Which side of this hill would be hardest to climb?

Accepted Answer

left ←

Question 17

These are examples of coastal land forms ( not usually found in Florida)

Accepted Answer

sea caves, sea cliffs, sea arches

Question 18

What conditions are necessary for a continental glacier to form?

Accepted Answer

It must be cold, and more snow must fall than melts

Question 19

What is the process by which a floodplain forms?

Accepted Answer

A river overflows its banks and deposits new sediment

Question 20

What are the lines on a topographic map called?

Accepted Answer

Contour lines

Question 21

These are examples of physical weathering

Accepted Answer

temp change, pressure change, animal and plant action

Question 22

The breaking down of rock material by other finer rock material ( in the wind)

Accepted Answer

abrasion

Question 23

This is where land and a body of water meet.

Accepted Answer

shoreline

Question 24

The process by which sediment and other material are moved from one place to another.

Accepted Answer

erosion

Question 25

What force is responsible for landslides, rockfalls, and mudslides?

Accepted Answer

gravity

Question 26

Images taken from an aircraft are known as..?

Accepted Answer

Aerial images

Question 27

As wind blows which type of sediment will be dropped first when the wind begins to slow down?

Accepted Answer

the heaviest sediment

Question 28

What is groundwater?

Accepted Answer

water found deep underground in rock below Earth's surface

Question 29

These play a major role in breaking down and building up the shoreline

Accepted Answer

waves

Question 30

GPS stands for?

Accepted Answer

Global Positioning System

Question 31

What does this symbol on a topographic map mean?

Accepted Answer

depression

Question 32

The amount of water that a stream carries in a given amount of time.

Accepted Answer

discharge

Question 33

Materials carried by a stream

Accepted Answer

load

Question 34

What feature do these V-shaped contour lines represent?

Accepted Answer

river

Question 35

In regards to a topographic map, what is relief?

Accepted Answer

The difference between the highest and lowest elevations

Question 36

What feature is shown in the picture

Accepted Answer

an oxbow lake

Question 37

When a river dumps into an ocean these are created by depositing the river's load of sediment

Accepted Answer

delta

Question 38

The process by which eroded material is dropped.

Accepted Answer

deposition

Question 39

These are formed on dry land when a river deposits sediments on dry land

Accepted Answer

alluvial fan

Question 40

What does gradient mean?

Accepted Answer

measure of change in elevation over a certain distance

Ohio Science Fusion 8th grade: Unit 2 Review

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Ohio Science Fusion 8th grade: Unit 2 Review

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