Water and Wind Erosion

Which features help reduce the amount of runoff that occurs in an area?

• hard soil

• steep slopes

• paved surfaces

• increased vegetation

Which feature may form as a result of erosion related to runoff?

• deltas

• gullies

• flood plains

• stalacites

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How do waterfalls form?

• a meander gets cut off

• sediment builds up

• soft rock erodes

• flat areas flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which factor affects the amount of runoff that occurs in an area?

• land use

• the water table

• the saturation zone

• amount of nutrients in soil

How are deltas formed?

• erosion of softer rock

• connection of channels

• deposition from flow into a lake or an ocean

• creation of large, flat areas by flooding deposits

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which word describes the water stored below Earth's surface?

• floodplain

• groundwater

• kettle

• sinkhole

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which is the top layer of groundwater?

• water table

• kettle lake

• saturation zone

• underground lake

Which word identifies the hanging icicle-shaped formations in caves that are created by deposition?

• sandbars

• sinkholes

• stalacites

• stalagmites

Which processes form glaciers?

• impact and deflation

• plucking and abrasion

• deposition and erosion

• accumulation and compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is one place that glaciers are found?

• in the ocean

• in the tropics

• at low altitudes

• at high latitudes