Earth's systems, the water cycle, and erosion

What is the Earth system that includes solid and molten rock, soil, and sediments?

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the Earth system that includes the air?

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

What is the Earth system that includes living things, including humans?

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the Earth system that includes water?

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the action of processes (such as water flow or wind) which remove soil and rock from one location on the Earth's crust, then transport it to another location where it is deposited?

• condensation

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the breaking down of rock and other minerals?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the change of water from its gaseous form (water vapor) into liquid water?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do you call rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• filtration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the flow of water that occurs when excess storm water, meltwater, or other sources flows over the earth's surface?

• runoff

• precipitation

• deposition

• filtration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process by which a liquid becomes a gas?

• precipitation

• condensation

• hydration

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4