Glencoe Physical Science with Earth Science, Florida Edition

Chapter 21: Earth’s Changing Surface

FCAT Practice

1.
What type of glacier forms at the top, or head, of river valleys in mountainous regions? SC.D.1.3
A)oceanic glaciers
B)valley glaciers
C)large glaciers
D)continental glaciers
2.
Which is a mixture of weathered rock, organic matter, water, and air? SC.D.1.3
A)soil
B)feldspar
C)rock rust
D)parent material
3.
Which is the dropping of sediment load? SC.D.1.3
A)erosion
B)deposition
C)weathering
D)transporting
4.
Which develops as force within a stream is exerted sideways? SC.D.1.3
A)mouth
B)source
C)floodplain
D)tributary
5.
Which forms at the front of a glacier? SC.D.1.3
A)end moraine
B)lateral moraine
C)medial moraine
D)ground moraine
6.
What is the process that leaves resistant rock remaining in the landscape? SC.D.1.3
A)deposition
B)sediment transport
C)differential weathering
D)infiltration
7.
Which of the following is a rock layer that stores and transmits water? SC.D.1.3
A)soil
B)aquifer
C)fossil
D)water table
8.
What is the term for a region that collects water for a stream system? SC.D.1.3
A)drainage basin
B)water table
C)infiltration
D)sediment transport
9.
What is the measure of the ability of a fluid to pass through a material? SC.D.1.3
A)uniformitarianism
B)permeability
C)deposition
D)infiltration
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