W-E-D test review

A river flowing across the rocky surface of Earth could create which of the following?

• Dunes

• Mountains

• Canyon

• Hill

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How could students best model the formation and movement of dunes?

• Pour water over piles of sand

• Slowly drip wet sand into a tub of water

• Use a spoon to dig a hole into a tray of sand

• Use straws and blow piles of sand

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Deposition changes the Earth’s surface because bits of broken rock and soil _____.

• stop rivers from flowing.
• make rich farmlands.
• are dropped in new places.
• move very slowly.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is NOT a slow change to Earth's surface?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Landslides

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Students propped up one end of a tray of sand. They also set up a water jar and rubber hose as a syphon system, so that the water flowed over the sand. They observed how the moving water carried the sand downhill and made a small pile of sand at the bottom of the tray. When the students created the small pile of sand at the end of the flow of water, they modeled the formation of which of the following?

• Dunes

• Canyon

• Plains

• Delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What natural force formed the Grand Canyon by slowly cutting through the rock over many millions of years?

• A boulder

• A glacier

• A river

• A landslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2