Earth's Structures

Earth's Structures

6th - 8th Grade

20 Qs

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Earth's Structures

Earth's Structures

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Kathleen Thurman

FREE Resource

20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process by which rocks are broken down chemically or physically is known as:
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Transportation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When wind, water, or ice leave materials in a location, this is known as:
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Transportation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The most important factors in determining the rate of weathering are - 
carbon dioxide and acid rain
abrasion and acids from plant roots
animal actions and oxygen
rock type and climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is erosion?
The process by which
water, ice, wind or gravity
moves fragments of rock
and soil.
The process by which
water, ice, wind or gravity
deposit rock sediments
and soil in a new place.
The breaking down of
Earth’s crust into smaller
and smaller pieces.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
How do plants weather rocks?
during photosynthesis
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A piece of land surrounded by water.
Island
Peninsula
Gulf

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How does a delta form?
a river slowing down
it's just a river that empties into an ocean or lake
the current of the river speeds up at the mouth causing sediment to wash away
the current of the river slows down causing sediment to deposit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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