SSA Review - 6th Grade Earth

What does deposition mean?

• to settle in a new spot
• to break apart
• to sit still
• to move

What does erosion mean?

• to break apart
• to settle in new spot
• to move
• to sit still

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does weathering mean?

• to move
• to settle in a new spot
• to break apart
• to sit still

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Define delta.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean

• a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean surrounded by water on three sides

• a flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth

Find the correct definition of the underlined word, glacier.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a large natural stream of water that runs through the land

• a large, thick body of slow moving ice

• a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water