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Erosion and Deposition review

Authored by Jenn Wagner

Science

8th - 9th Grade

NGSS covered

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Erosion and Deposition review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

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The process in which sediment settles out (drops to the bottom) of the water or wind that is carrying it

Weathering

Erosion

Sedimentation

Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A landscape region that has broad, U-shaped valleys with polished and grooved bedrock was most likely formed by

running water

glaciers

wind

wave action

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The accompanying cross section illustrates the general sorting of sediment by a river as it flows from a mountain to a plain. Which factor most likely caused the sediment to be sorted in the pattern shown?

velocity of the river water

hardness of surface bedrock

mineral composition of the sediment

temperature of the water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Unsorted piles of angular sediments were most likely transported and deposited by

wind

glaciers

running water

wave action

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A sedimentary particle is dropped into a cylinder of water. The particle will take the longest time to settle if the particle has

low density, small size, and spherical shape

low density, small size, and flattened shape

high density, large size, and spherical shape

high density, large size, and flattened shape

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A sediment particle transported by a stream over a long period of time will most likely show

a decrease in mass and more rounded

a decrease in density and size and more angular

an increase in weight and hardness

an increase in volume and more angular

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which cross section best represents the valley shape where a rapidly flowing stream is cutting into the bedrock in a mountainous area?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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