Changes to the Earth's surface

sheets of ice moving across rocks, sand, and dirt create...

• Islands

• Rivers

• Canyons

• Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Glaciers move fast or slow on land?

• Slow

• Fast

Glaciers can carve away sediment and transport it down. This is called...

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Glaciers create what type of landform?

• U-shaped Valley

• Canyon

• Oceans

• V-shaped Valley

• Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What most likely cause these deep wide cracks in the large rock?

• Water freezing and thawing

• Wind

• Moving water

• Deposition of sand

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which is the best description for a U-shaped Valley?

• Mounds of sand created by wind

• Area between two mountains created by moving ice

• Area of sedimentary rock carved by moving water

• Area at the mouth of a river created by moving water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which force can cause valleys?

• Wind

• Ice

• Water

• Plants

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which is created as a result:

1: river flowing

2: weathering breaks the river banks

3: sediment is eroded

4: sediment is deposited at the mouth

• Delta

• Canyon

• Valley

• Glacier

• Sand Dune

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rivers that flow rapidly cause -

• Deltas

• Valleys

• Canyons

• Mountains

• Oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rivers that flow slowly deposit sediment forming a --

• Delta

• Valley

• Mountain

• Oceans

• Canyons

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2