Changes to the Earth

What vocabulary words best describes the given image?

• sediments

• soil

• weathering

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is weathering?

• the breaking of rocks into smaller pieces; can change the surface of the Earth

• solid fragments of matter that come from the weathering of rock; can be carried by ice, water, or wind

• the top layer of the Earth‛s surface that is made of rocks, minerals, and plant material

• the process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are sediments?

• the shaking of the Earth’s surface; caused by the moving of the layers of the Earth

• the process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock

• solid fragments of matter that come from the weathering of rock; can be carried by ice, water, or wind

• large amount of earth, rock, and other material that moves down a steep slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

An opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases flow, is?

• earthquake

• landslide

• erosion

• volcano

Large amount of earth, rock, and other material that moves down a steep slope; is what?

• earthquake

• landslide

• volcano

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the picture showing?

• sediments

• soil

• weathering

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does the image best describe?

• soil

• erosion

• decomposition

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does the picture show?

• weathering

• erosion

• soil

• sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The image best describes what?

• conservation

• natural resources

• soil

• soil formation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The wise use and protection of natural resources, is called?

• natural resources

• sediments

• conservation

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4