Erosion and Deposition review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The landscape feature labeled X is best described as

• a flood plain

• a sand bar

• a delta

• an escarpment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

U-shaped lake that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off due to lots of deposition and erosion

• an oxbow lake

• a drumlin

• a delta

• an outwash plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the minimum water velocity necessary to maintain movement of 0.1-centimeter-diameter particles in a stream? (use page 6 of ESRT)

• 0.02 cm/s

• 5.0 cm/s

• 0.5 cm/s

• 20.0 cm/s