5th Grade - Earth's Crust and Landforms

Quiz

Cracks in the Earth's crust which may have formed during previous earthquakes are called __________.
The science of the study of the Earth is:
1. Biology
2. Anatomy
3. Geology
4. Oceanography
An instrument that is used to record the motion of the crust at locations around the curst is the _____________ .
1. barometer
2. seismograph
3. thermometer
4. microscope
The outermost layer of the Earth is the:
1. Outer Core
2. Mantle
3. Crust
4. Inner Core
The innermost layer of the Earth is a:
1. solid
2. liquid
3. gas
Hot, molten rock that is found deep below the Earth's surface is called:
Check the statements below that are true:
1. Compression force stretches or pulls apart the crust.
2. Tension force stretches or pulls apart the crust,
3. Shear force squeezs or pushed together he crust.
4. Compression force squeezes or pushes together the crust
5. Shear force twists, tears or pushes one part of the crust past another.
When a volcano erupts, ___________ flows out or is hurled out.
The thickest layer of the Earth is the:
1. inner core
2. crust
3. outer core
4. mantle
The plates of the Earth's crust can never move.
1. True
2. False
In the western United States, there is a vast region of _____________ caused by blocks of crust moving along a fault.
1. fold mountains
2. fault-block mountains
_______________ is the breaking down of the materials of the Earth's crust into smaller pieces.
Check the agents of physical weathering: (Check all that apply.)
1. water
2. chemical reactions
3. air
4. change intemperature
The greatest agent of erosion is:
1. air
2. water
3. wind
4. chnages in temperature
The process of carrying away of pieces of weathered rock by gravity, wind, water and ice is called ______________ .
Check where deposition can normally occur: (Check all that apply)
1. at the top of a mountain
2. at the front end of a melting glacier
3. where streams and rivers flow into a larger body of water
4. when and where winds stop blowing
5. along shorelines
Rocks from space that strike the surface of the moon are called _________________ .
Rivers begin high in the mountains or hills as small:
1. meanders
2. tributaries
3. lakes
The force of ___________ keeps water flowing downhill.
The large areas from which water is drained by tributaries are called:
In addition to water, the moving waters of streams and rivers carry pieces of material called _______________ .
Check which of the following reshape the land. (Check all that apply.)
1. wind
2. waves
3. moonlight
4. glaciers
5. gravity
On a relief map, height is indicated by
1. using shading to show sloping hills, steep mountains, and deep valleys.
2. using contour lines that connect points of equal height.
The lithosphere is:
1. the Earth's water
2. the layers of gas that surround the Earth
3. the hard outer layer of the Earth
Almost all the Earth's weather occurs in the part of the atmosphere called the _______________.
The fan-shaped deposit of sediment where a river empties into a lake or ocean is called a ___________.
Compared to land, the temperature of large bodies of water in the hydrosphere changes:
1. faster than land masses
2. slower than land masses
The mean level of the surface of the sea between high and low tides is called ______________ .
Ocean water is salty because of the ______________ that have been deposited in it over the ages.
1. sand
2. fish
3. minerals
4. oxygen
Acid eating away at limestone rocks is an example of _______________ .
1. erosion
2. chemical weathering
3. physical weathering
4. depostion