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Grade 5 Atmosphere
If Mrs. Moores wants to move somewhere with short winters and long, warm summers, she needs to look at the city's weather patterns to decide.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Environmental Science
The protection of natural resources, including soil, is called                .
  1. humus
  2. organic
  3. inorganic
  4. conservation
Grade 5 Earth's Layers
The crust is the thin layer of solid rock that makes up the outermost layer of Earth.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Soil
The main ingredient in soil is                        .
  1. bacteria
  2. weathered rock
  3. decayed animal material
  4. decayed plant material
Grade 5 Geomorphology
Which is an example of erosion?
  1. a water slide
  2. a garden in the backyard
  3. a newly planted plant
  4. formation of the Grand Canyon
Grade 5 Soil
Which kind of soil has the most humus?
  1. red clay soil
  2. sandy pond soil
  3. dark forest soil
  4. bedrock
Grade 5 Environmental Science
In areas where the groundwater is close to a source of magma, it creates heat, which can be converted to electrical energy. This is
  1. solar energy.
  2. biomass.
  3. geothermal energy.
Grade 5 Environmental Science
There are important ways in which we can deal with the garbage problem. We must try to                , or cut down, on the amount of plastics and glass containers we use. Paper products and fewer throw-away packaging materials must be used instead.
  1. replace
  2. reduce
  3. reuse
  4. recycle
Grade 5 Rocks
Sedimentary rocks are the strongest type of rock.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Raw materials supplied by Earth or nature that are necessary or useful to people are
  1. human resources.
  2. natural resources.
  3. soil layers.
  4. conservation.
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
This is the process of a gas becoming a liquid.
  1. condensation
  2. precipitation
  3. evaporation
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Because there are more and more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, more heat is trapped, which makes the Earth warmer. What is this known as?
  1. Earth heat
  2. Hot climate
  3. Sunbeam gases
  4. Global warming
Grade 5 Soil
A mixture of bits of rock and once-living parts of plants and animals is                .
  1. soil
  2. rocks
  3. plants
  4. decomposer
Grade 5 Atmosphere
The                 is the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth.
  1. mesosphere
  2. troposphere
  3. thermosphere
  4. exosphere
Grade 5 Rocks
                is a dark, fine-grained rock.
  1. Fossil
  2. Granite
  3. Coral
  4. Basalt
Grade 5 Rocks
What term is used for no layering or banding of minerals in metamorphic rocks?
  1. Nonfoliated
  2. Foliated
  3. Clastic
  4. Lava
Grade 5 Rocks
Rocks do NOT cycle through the Earth system.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Environmental Science

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What is one major way humans pollute the air?
  1. by using fertilizers on crops
  2. by releasing carbon dioxide from plants
  3. by burning fossil fuels to produce energy
  4. by destroying producers in colder climates
Grade 5 Tectonics
In the Southwestern U.S., tectonic forces have pushed rocks upward over millions of years to form the Colorado Plateau. As the plateau has risen during this time, the Colorado River has been cutting down through the plateau to form the Grand Canyon.

Development of the Grand Canyon through the uplift of the plateau and erosion by the Colorado River illustrates that
  1. landforms result from constructive forces only.
  2. landforms result from a combination of constructive and destructive forces.
  3. landforms result from neither constructive and destructive forces.
  4. landforms result from destructive forces only.
Grade 5 Atmosphere
What causes changes in local weather from day to day?
  1. Changes in wind direction
  2. Movement of air masses
  3. Earth's movement around the Sun
  4. Earth's rotation on its axis
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