Since this chapter is long (6 lessons) I decided to provide a study guide. Students should also look over the worksheets completed for each lesson. We will continue to review in class on Tuesday.
The test will be on Wednesday, June 1. There will be about 40 questions. Most will be multiple choice and a few short written response questions.
Vocabulary is VERY important. Students must know all the bold printed vocabulary words in chapter 6.
1. What tool would be used to measure wind speed?
2. Melted rocks that cool and harden are called_________
3. What substances do ALL soils contain?
4. What process would MOST LIKELY affect rocks in a dry climate?
5. What is a way that valleys form?
6. Rocks that have been changed by heat and pressure are called_______
7. Which type of soil breaks down to provide resources for making new soil?
8. At what stage of the water cycle does some precipitation seep into the ground?
9. Explain how erosion by water is DIFFERENT from weathering by water.
10. Describe what the climate is like where you live. What factors affect your climate?
11. Water from rain that flows over the land into a river is an example of ____________
12. As water vapor rises into the air, it cools. What happens next in the water cycle?
13. What location is MOST LIKELY to have a moist, mild climate?
14. Winds form when _____________
15. Rocks are _________________
16. You find a rock that has layers of small bits of rock, shells, and other materials pressed together. What kind of rock is it?
17. Which soil layer contains the most humus and plants?
18. Which soil is a mixture of particles of the other three kinds of soil, plus air and water?
19. Which landform is a low, narrow area between hills?
20. What can FORM new rock on Earth's surface?
21. What is an example of weathering by water?
22. Water changing from a gas to a liquid is called________
23. What describes what the AIR is like outside?
24. What tool would you use to measure precipitation?
25. What are the size and pattern of minerals in a rock called?
26. The soil in a bucket feels rough. Water poured into the soil drains quickly to the bottom. What type of rock particle does this soil MOST LIKELY contain?
27. What natural event can cause a rapid change in Earth's surface by shaking and cracking it?
28. What process breaks down rocks?
29. What describes an area's climate?
30. The average temperature in summer for a certain city is 30 degrees Celcius. In winter the average snowfall is 25 cm. The climate in this city would best be described as __________
31. Granite, rhyolite, and pumice are sedimentary rocks. All 3 rocks formed_______
32. Earthworms help improve the soil by ____________
33. How are sedimentary and metamorphic rocks SIMILAR?
34. The thin layer that covers most of Earth's land is ____________
35. You observe grains of different colors in an igneous rock The grains most likely are ________
36. Which material contains the most humus?
37. Which process MOST LIKELY caused the smooth shape of a rock?
38. How are ALL rocks alike?
39. How are ALL minerals alike?
40. Which process MOST LIKELY causes puddles to disappear?
