Water and Glacial Erosion & Mass Movement

The process by which natural forces move weathered rock & soil from one place to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• deposition
• wind only

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_____________happens where agents of erosion drop or lay down sediment.

• Weathering only
• erosion only 
• Deposition
• compaction only

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_________________happens when gravity moves sediment downhill.

• Weathering only
• Mass movement
• Erosion only
• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What causes mass movement?

• water
• wind
• gravity
• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which is NOT a type of mass movement?

• landslide
• slump
• mudflow
• windstorm

Rock & soil slides quickly down steep slope in a ______________________.

• slump
• windstorm
• landslide
• mudlfow

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The slowest type of mass movement is called a _____________________.

• slump
• creep
• landslide
• mudflow

This is a picture of a

• slump
• creep
• mudflow
• landslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This is a picture of 

• slumps
• creeps
• mudflows
• landslides

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Look at this picture. How does rainwater cause weathering and erosion?

• Rain can't cause erosion.

• The water breaks down soil and carries it down the river.

• The water eats the soil.

• The water does not carry soil.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2