Patterns of Earth's Changing Features

The name of the river that helped to shape the Grand Canyon is the______________________ .

• Hudson River

• Mississippi River

• Colorado River

• Nile River

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Nonliving things change the earth's surface by causing weathering, erosion, and deposition.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Examples of living things include

• McDonald's

• plants

• dirt

• sneakers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The oldest fossils are in the _______________ layer of soil.

• topmost

• middle

• deepest

• darkest

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A fossil of a shell can only be found in the ocean.

• True

• False

Long ago, the Grand Canyon was a flat _________________ .

• pancake

• hill

• gully

• plain

Water, wind, and ________________ cause erosion and weathering.

• noise

• temperature

• popcorn

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Floods helped to make the Grand Canyon as big as it is today.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Mr. Cavaliere's shell fossil was found in Upstate New York, not near any water. How is this possible?

• Mr. Cav just bought it from a gift shop in New York.

• At one point, New York was covered by water.

• A fisherman dropped it while he was walking around.

• The animal in the shell had legs at one time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mrs. Cav roots for which NFL team?

• NY Giants

• New England Patriots

• San Francisco Forty-niners

• Buffalo Bills