Grade 7 GENERAL SCIENCE

Name: _____________________________________________

Teacher:_____________________________

IDENTIFICATION. Read the following statements below. Choose the correct answer from the word bank and write it
on the space provided.

WORD BANK
Biosphere Deposition Convection Temperature Lithosphere Venus Condensation Humidity Salinity Seafloor spreading Uranus Hydrosphere Air Breeze Salinity Air Front Constellations Transpiration Saturn Mercury Plate Tectonic Theory Earth and Mars Lithosphere Wind J. Tuzo Wilson Humidity Air Mass Star Clusters Earth Benthos Fog Continental Drift Theory Mars and Jupiter Erosion Pressure Harry Hess Atmosphere Weather Galaxies Jupiter Nekton Precipitation Earthquake Jupiter and Saturn Transportation Updraft Alfred Wegener Hydrosphere Mercury Evaporation Venus Mars Hail Tsunami Volcanic Eruption

____________________1. It refers to the solid, rocky curst covering the Earth. ____________________2. This effect of water flow in streams refers to the removal of rock and soil by the abrasive action of flowing water. ____________________3. This term refers to the mixture of gases which composes the atmosphere. ____________________4. It refers to the vertical atmospheric movement wherein warm air rises. ____________________5. This theory explains how new ocean crusts are formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches. ____________________6. The theory stated in number 5 was proposed by _______. ____________________7. This term refers to the amount of salt found in 1 kg of water. ____________________8. It is the gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth. ____________________9. This is a large body of air that has similar properties as the source region over which it develops. ____________________10. The planet with the longest period of rotation is __________. ____________________11. The asteroid belt can be found between ______ and _______. ____________________12. These are the patterns of stars in the sky. ____________________13. The process of changing liquid to gas or vapor is called________. ____________________14. It is a stratus cloud very near or close to the ground. ____________________15. It is the vibration of the earth that occurs when pieces of the lithosphere suddenly shift. ____________________16. It describes the formation and movement of ocean and continental plates. ____________________17. It is a series of sea waves caused by large earthquakes or landslides at or beneath the seafloor. ____________________ 18. It is a natural cycle of water on Earth which is enabled by the heat coming from the sun. ____________________ 19. These are long, narrow features restricted to active continental margins. ____________________ 20. This refers to the rise and fall of the sea level. ____________________ 21. It is an apparent force that results from the eastward rotation of Earth. ____________________ 22. This is the highest point of the wave. ____________________ 23. It is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere. ____________________ 24. It is any form of water that falls from the clouds to the ground. ____________________ 25. It is a large sphere of hot gases from its core up to its outer surface. ____________________ 26. It is mainly composed of three gases namely: nitrogen, oxygen and argon. ____________________ 27. The layer of the atmosphere which is the lowest and the warmest. ____________________ 28. It is a boundary that separates air masses of different densities. ____________________ 29. It is the central part of the Earth. ____________________ 30. It is a term used to refer to a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China Sea. _____________________31. The Ringed Planet _____________________32. Free-swimmers _____________________33. The Biggest Planet _____________________34. Bottom-dwellers _____________________35. Water Vapor _____________________36. The Red Planet _____________________37. The Planet with Longest period of rotation _____________________38. Salt content _____________________39. The Watery Planet _____________________40. The Earths Twin planet

II. Illustrate the Water/Hydrologic Cycle at the back of this paper. Write a short description of your illustration.