Vocab #1
Q & A #1
Vocab #2
Q & A #2
Random GMAS Review
100
The movement of sediment such as water moves sediment to a new place
What is Erosion
100
What is the name of the region where a river enters the sea?
What is delta
100
Breaking down of rock by wind, water, or ice
What is Weathering
100
What question can scientists answer using seismographs?
A. How fast does the wind blow during a tornado?
B. How does the ground move during an earthquake?
C. What is the predicted path and speed of a hurricane?
D. What is the temperature of a volcano before an eruption?
What is B. How does the ground move during an earthquake?
100
Which material is NOT a good electrical insulator?
A. plastic
B. silver
C. rubber
D. glass
What is B. Silver
200
How the actions of life forms such as humans, animals and plants can affect the surface features of the earth is called the ______ of _______
What is the Impact of Organisms
200
Which of the following correctly describes a dam?
A. They are built at the top of waterfalls and they keep water from leaving the plateau.
B. They are built beside rivers and the control the spread of flood water.
C. They are built across waterways and they block, or change the natural flow of the water.
D. They are built beside lakes and they prevent the water from evaporating.
What is C. They are built across waterways and they block, or change the natural flow of the water.
200
A variety of landforms (mountains, hills, valley, craters, etc... that comprise the earth)
What is Surface Features (landforms)
200
A student notices that the face of a mountain near a Georgia community has been changing. Some rocks have begun to break off the side of the mountain. A student claims that this is caused by a destructive process. Is the student's claim correct? Why or why not?
A. The student's claim is correct because the mountain is changing due to destructive process of sedimentation.
B. The student's claim is correct because the mountain is changing due to the destructive process of erosion.
C. The student's claim is incorrect because the mountain is changing due to constructive process of deposition.
D. The student's claim is incorrect because the mountain is changing due to the constructive process of weathering.
What is B. The student's claim is correct because the mountain is changing due to the destructive process of erosion.
200
What type of animal is a whale?
A. amphibian
B. fish
C. mammal
D. reptile
What is C. Mammal
300
Forces that destroy or tear down existing formations
What is Destructive Processes (forces)
300
A student claims that some landforms can be created through constructive processes. Which example should she choose as an argument to BEST support her claim?
A. She should choose a cliff that can be created by ocean waves breaking down rock.
B. She should choose a canyon that can be created by flowing water carving through rock.
C. She should choose an island that can be created by the cooling lava of a volcanic eruption.
D. She should choose a valley that can be created by a retreating glacier carving the landscape.
What is C. She should choose an island that can be created by the cooling lava of a volcanic eruption.
300
An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry. This can be caused from heavy rainfall, from ocean waves reaching the shores, when snow melts quickly, or even when a dam/levee breaks
What is flood
300
Which of the following BEST compares the power of wind and earthquakes to change Earth's surface features?
A. Wind power is only destructive because high wind speeds during storms are very damaging. Earthquake power is only constructive because it causes new land formations when two tectonic plates collide.
B. Wind power is only constructive because it builds up sand dunes and moves them over time. Earthquake power is only destructive because it causes rifts and landslides.
C. Wind power is both constructive and destructive because it builds up dune shape or cause erosion over time. Earthquake power is both constructive and destructive because it very quickly builds up new land formations or causes rifts and landslides.
D. Wind power is only constructive because it moves large particles faster than small particles to build up dunes. Earthquake power is only destructive and is common on fault lines and is very damaging.
What is C. Wind power is both constructive and destructive because it builds up dune shape or cause erosion over time. Earthquake power is both constructive and destructive because it very quickly builds up new land formations or causes rifts and landslides.
300
The picture below shows how a snowman looked in the early morning and late afternoon of one day.
What happened to the snowman from the early morning to the late afternoon?
A. It started to melt into a liquid because it was heated by the Sun.
B. It started to freeze into a liquid because it was heated by the Sun.
C. It started to melt into a liquid because it was cooled by the cold air.
D. It started to evaporate into a gas because it was cooled by the cold air.
What is A. It started to melt into a liquid because it was heated by the Sun.
400
A barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its levels; form reservoirs which can be used to generate electricity or as a water supply.
What is a Dam
400
The table shows the shortest distance, measured yearly, between a fixed pole and the low tide line at a beach.
Which is the BEST conclusion one can make from studying the data?
A. The tide line is getting lower.
B. Erosion of the sand is increasing
C. The beach sand is weathering.
D. Deposition on the beach is decreasing.
What is B. Erosion of the sand is increasing
400
An embankment built to prevent the overflow of water
What is a Levee
400
The model shows short ocean waves as they break on the shore.
Which label in the model shows the creation of a surface feature?
What is sand collecting away from the shore
400
The model below shows a type of cell.
Which BEST describes the part that is labeled X in the diagram? In which type of cells can it be found in?
What is the nucleus and it can be found in both plant and animal cells
500
A place where there is a long break in the rock that forms the surface of the earth and where earthquakes are more likely to happen.
What is a Fault Line
500
The picture shows a model of a natural process.
What natural process does the model represent?
A. the creation of a landform through sediment deposition
B. the creation of a landform through sediment weathering
C. the destruction of a landform through sediment deposition
D. the destruction of a landform through sediment weathering
What is A. the creation of a landform through sediment deposition
500
Area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle, where a river splits and spreads into several branches before entering the sea
What is a Delta
500
A satellite image of a hurricane is shown.
Which question can be answered using this image?
A. When will a future hurricane occur?
B. What name will a hurricane receive?
C. What path does a hurricane always follow?
D. Where will a hurricane likely cause damage?
What is D. Where will a hurricane likely cause damage?
500
In which circuit will the light bulb be on and why?
A.
B.
C.
D.
What is D because the switch is closed which will allow the energy to flow through the circuit.