Earth's Resources Vocabulary Quiz

very small pieces of rock, such as sand and silt, carried by slow moving water

• soil

• sediment

• conserve

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

to use carefully in order to prevent loss or waste

• recycle

• reduce

• humus

• conserve

amount of water soil can hold

• glacier

• water retention

• nonrenewable resource

• conserve

a feature of Earth's surface that is part of the terrian

• landform

• glacier

• fossil fuel

• soil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a mixture of water, air, tiny particles of rock and humus

• soil

• erosion

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water

• landform

• water retention

• conserve

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a natural resource that can be replaced quickly

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• fossil fuel

• sediment

huge sheets of solid ice that can move rock and sediment

• erosion

• glacier

• soil

• sediment

a rich mixture of the decomposed remains of plants and animals

• soil

• fossil fuel

• humus

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a fuel that formed from the decayed remains of ancient plants and animals

• humus

• weathering

• landform

• fossil fuel

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1