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Geology Review

Authored by COURTNEY GISTORB

Science

5th Grade

NGSS covered

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Geology Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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_______ is the type of soil used most often with plants and on farms. It is a mixture of clay, sand, and silt.

loam
humus
soil
dirt

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

You dig a small hole in the soil and the next day it rains. The hole fills with water, but does not empty even after several days of dry weather. What is the soil mostly made of?

clay
sand
humus
silt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of what?

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers are examples of what?

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is known as what?

sediment

erosion

weathering

deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

How does a sand dune move?

A. Wind deposits sand to build up the dune, then gravity pulls it down. 
B. Wind erodes one side of the dune, then deposits sand on the other. 
C. Running water erodes the dune, carrying the sand to a new place where it is deposited. 
D. Moving glaciers push sand dunes from one place to another. 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Forms when a flowing glacier scoops out an area between two mountains. 

U-Shaped Valley
Fiord
Kettle
Moraine

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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