Changing Lands Review

_________ is the breakdown of solid materials into very small particles by water, air, and natural events

• Vegetation

• Sediments

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_____ is the gradual wearing down by wind, water, air, and natural events.

• Erosion

• Gravity

• Soil

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

_____ is a mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)

• Vegatation

• Erosion

• Soil

_______ are all the plants found in a particular area

• Sediments

• Gravity

• Vegetation

_____ is sand or small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and deposited on the land or at the bottom of a body of water.

• Weathering

• Vegetation

• Sediments

______ is a force that causes objects with mass to attract each other.

• Erosion

• Soil

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Make a prediction how the land will look after this event: wind blowing a sand dune.

• The sand dune would look the same

• The sand is deposited (moved) to a new location, and the dune changes shape.

• The sand is deposited (moved) to a new location, and the dune disappears.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Make a prediction how the land will look after this event: water dripping on a rock.

• Over time the water will weather and erode the rock and make it rougher.

• Over time the water will weather and erode the rock and make it smoother where the water has been.

• Over time the water will weather and erode the rock and make the rocks stay the exact same.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Make a prediction how the land will look after this event: ocean waves crashing against rocks.

• Over time, the waves weather and erode the rocks and make them smaller.

• Over time, the waves weather and erode the rocks and make them stay the same size.

• Over time, the waves weather and erode the rocks and make them bigger.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The plant will break the rock into smaller pieces as what happens?

• Insects eat the plant for food.

• The stem of the plant gets taller.

• The roots get longer and thicker.