Watersheds, Ecoregions & Pollution

What occurs when used engine oil is poured into a pit in the ground?

• The oil prevents contaminates from going into the groundwater.

• The oil says in the pit and does not contaminate anything.

• The oil seeps through to the groundwater.

• The oil will wash away with the next rain.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What catastrophic event is most likely to occur in a grassland?

• Tsunami

• Wildfire

• Volcanic Eruption

• Hurricane

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The river on the left is a younger version of the river on the right. What caused the river to change its shape?

• Volcanic eruptions and weathering

• Glaciation and earthquakes

• Crustal uplift and compression

• Deposition and erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

In Texas' hill country large underground hollows or passages called _________ are formed as water wears away limestone.

• underground rivers

• caves

• aquifers

• saturation zones

Fertilizer can seep through the ground to reach groundwater, what effect can it have?

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to reverse flow

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to freeze

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to become undrinkable

• It will seep into the school

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What is the correct order of the following processes?

• they all happen at the same time

• erosion, weathering, deposition

• weathering, erosion, deposition

• weathering, deposition, erosion

Water from precipitation that drains into a gully  that slows into a stream, which in turn flows into a river lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, or the ocean.

• surface water
• ground water
• runoff 
• drainage

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which catastrophic event would most likely occur near the Panhandle Plains ecoregion of Texas?

• earthquake

• hurricane

• tornados

• floods

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Is erosion a physical or chemical change?

• Physical Change

• Chemical Change