earth's changing surface

Which is the gradual breakdown of rock by either mechanical or chemical means?

• erosion

• deposition

• landforms

• weathering

What is the movement of weathered material from one location to another?

• Chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

oxidation is an example of what?

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

sediment being deposited at the end of a stream forming a delta is an example of what process?

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Rocks containing iron that change color in the air have undergone what process?

• calcification

• oxidation

• hydration

• annihilation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Sand in rivers flows over rocks which weathers them. What is the result?

• The rocks in the rivers are jagged

• the rocks in the river are broken up

• the rocks in the rivers turn red

• the rocks in the river are smooth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

True or false: when erosion wears away parts of rock, different colored layers can show over time.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is most likely to remove the most sand from an island?

• Wind

• currents

• waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

how does sediment from mountains travel miles away?

• the wind blew it

• transported by streams and rivers

• the mountain range moved

• sediment only forms on the northern side of hills

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

what do you call a depressed landform filled with water.

• a creek

• a swamp

• a lake

• a dune

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4