Our Changing Earth

What is a force that breaks down rock into smaller pieces?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• volcanoes

What is a force in which pieces of rock are moved by water, wind or moving ice?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a force in which sediments that have been moved from one place are dropped or released in another place to create new landforms?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are all the agents of weathering?

• wind, water, ice, gravity, plant roots, animals, waves

• sediments, soil, sand

• beaches, deltas and alluvial fans

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are all the agents of erosion?

• beaches, alluvial fans, deltas

• water, wind

• water, wind, gravity, waves, moving ice

What are all the agents of deposition?

• water and ice

• water, wind, ice

• water, wind, ice, gravity, waves

Weathering . . .

• breaks it

• takes it

• drops it

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Erosion . . .

• breaks it

• takes it

• drops it

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Deposition . . .

• breaks it

• takes it

• drops it

Our Earth always stays the same.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1