Ohio Science Fusion Gr. 8 - Unit 2 review

Billie has a vegetable garden in her yard. During a storm, heavy rain falls. The rain runs over the garden, and some of the soil is washed away. Which term best describes movement of soil from one place to another?

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

Water can cause weathering, erosion and deposition. Which provides an example of water causing the weathering of rock?

• acid rain

• rock landslide

• stream running through a valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is a type of mass movement caused by gravity?

• dune

• loess

• glacier

• mudslide

Which of the following agents is responsible for the formation of sand dunes?

• ice

• wind

• water

• gravity

A map showing natural and human-made features and the shape of Earth's surface by using lines to represent different elevations

• road map

• topographic map

• aerial image

• geologic map

Which of the following images of Earth's surface can only be taken from space?

• aerial photograph

• satellite image

• infrared image

• microwave image

(a)   sensing is gathering and analyzing information about an object without having physical contact with the object.

What is groundwater?

• any form of liquid water

• water that is not moving

• water on Earth's surface

• water below Earth's surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Landslides, rockfalls, and creep are examples of erosion and deposition by which agent of erosion?

• gravity

• solar energy

• oxidation

• wind

What does GIS stand for?

• geographic information satellite

• geographic information system

• global information satellite