EH: Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

What is the movement of soil from one place to another?

• weathering
• deposition
• discharge
• erosion

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

What causes a valley to form first?

• earthquake
• running water
• landslide
• erosion by wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of sediment will be dropped first as the wind slows?

• biggest
• smallest
• heaviest
• lightest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
• the top layer of the soil
• decaying plant or animal material 

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Which agents  break down earth materials?

• wind only
• earthquakes and gravity
• ice and 007
• wind, water, and ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a basin?

• a sizable inland body of water

• an area of land drained by a given river and its branches

• land usually level, at low elevation

• an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation

Define delta.

• a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger areas

• a point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean

• a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean surrounded by water on three sides

• a flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Deep narrow valley with steep sides.  Often it has a stream or river flowing through it

• canyon
• cape
• moraine
• plateau

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Land formed at the mouth of a river by deposited silt. Fan or triangle shaped

• gap
• key
• continental divide
• delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A body of salt water larger than a sea is a ...

• bay
• lake
• ocean
• glacier