Science - Soil, Forces, Weather, and Space

Which are characteristics of an earthquake?

• Rocks and ash fly out of the top of a mountain.

• Rocky mud slides rapidly down a hill.

• Earth shakes and causes cracks in the Earth's surface.

• Water fills houses and buildings.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

To rot and break down the remains of plants and animals is --

• weathering

• decomposition

• soil

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Soil is a mixture.

• True

• False

Recipe of soil is --

• Small rocks, and decomposed plant and animal remains.

• Dirt, water, mud.

• Leaves, worms, twigs.

• Roots, grass, and dirt.

Weathering is --

• Rain, hail, and snow.

• The process of breaking rocks apart or wearing rocks away.

• What the weather is like outside.

• Melting rocks.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What temperature pattern is the same between Houston and Austin?

• The temperatures are the same.

• The temperatures decrease.

• The temperatures increase.

• The wind is blowing from the west.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

By looking at the data, we know that ONLY ONE CITY experienced - -

• wind coming from the West.

• wind coming from the North.

• an increase in wind speed.

• wind shifting from North to West.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which location would have the MOST organic plant matter?

• A desert.

• A grass land with lots of plants.

• A frozen tundra.

• A river.

• A mountain.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What force keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

• Gravity

• Sun's heat

• Nitrogen

• Metal

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which planet is closer to the sun than Jupiter, but further from the sun than Earth?

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Mars

• Venus