Sedimentary Rock, Landforms, and Slow Changes

A U-shaped valley is formed by a

• Fast moving river

• A glacier

• An earthquake

• Snow storms

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Sand dunes in the desert change over time. What agent of erosion causes this to change?

• Wind

• Water - waves of a river

• Ice

• Water - rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sedimentary rocks, like sandstone, are formed by which process?

• Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Heating and Melting

• Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Dissolving, and Reformation

• Cementation, Compaction, Weathering, Deposition, and Erosion

• Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, and Cementation

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Which one is a NON-Renewable Resource?

• Chicken

• Water

• Coal

• Tree

Dead plants and animals are called organic matter. Over a long time, this decayed matter is made into fossil fuels because of ...

• pressure and heat from the rock layers

• volcanoes erupting

• mixing with high levels of carbon dioxide

• high temperatures in the atmosphere

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Canyons are created over millions of years! The change in the canyon's shape is because of ...

• glacial movement

• volcanic eruptions

• earthquakes

• fast moving river

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Pretend there are plants inside of these different kinds of soil. You water the soil and the water flows to feed the roots to keep the plants growing. Which soil will most likely STOP, or hold the water from flowing to the deepest roots of the plants?

• Soil 1

• Soil 2

• Soil 3

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Sedimentary rock is created through weathering, erosion, deposition, then compaction and cementation. Pressure and heat, and through millions of years creates the beautiful layers of sedimentary rock! Which characteristic does this picture show best?

• Sedimentary rock is cemented together.

• The types of rock that form the sedimentary rock.

• The layers that form sedimentary rock.

• The different kinds of rock in Texas.

Which force in nature would NOT cause destruction over a large area in a short amount of time?

• landslide

• earthquake

• moving glacier

• volcanic eruption

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Look at this fossil picture very carefully. What do you think this environment used to be millions of years ago?

• a very large mountain range

• a desert

• covered by deep ocean water

• Conroe, Texas

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