Mass Movements, Glaciers, Wind

Which particles can wind most easily move?

• cobble

• pebbles

• silt

• gravel

What formed this structure?

• ice

• water

• wind

• organisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which property is used to classify sand dunes?

• age

• composition

• shape

• density

Which of the following results in the formation of desert pavement?

• abrasion

• deflation

• deposition

• saltation

What causes deflation?

• glacial erosion

• deposition of meltwaters

• wind deposition

• wind erosion

The crosshatching layers is caused by sediments that were deposited by wind. The rock is most likely ____

• limestone

• hornfels

• sandstone

• granite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The result of this glacier will be a(n) ____.

• U-shaped valley with scratched bedrock

• U-shaped valley with round sediments

• V-shaped valley with scratched bedrock

• V-shaped valley with round sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This map shows the average area covered by Arctic Sea Ice in September of 1980. 2000, and 2011. This map supports the inference that Earth's climate is ____.

• cooling, the sea ice is decreasing

• cooling, the sea ice is increasing

• warming, the sea ice is decreasing

• warming, the sea ice is increasing

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

A land slide is an example of ____.

• wind abrasion

• wave action

• glacial deposition

• mass movement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which agent of erosion causes long, narrow, U-shaped valleys?

• wind

• landslides

• meandering rivers

• continental glaciers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2