Weathering & Erosion

What is soil?

• dirt on the ground

• pieces of rocks

• rock particles, minerals, decayed plants and animals

• minerals

If a mineral is dull, what does this say about it's luster?

• it is non-metallic

• it's made of glass.

• its a light mineral

• the sun shines on it

What does this fossil tell you about this animal?

• ate cereal

• ate fruit and vegetables

• ate only meat

• lived with sharks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Soil erosion is

• how soil is formed

• the greenhouse effect

• pollution

• process that moves soil by wind and water

You find this fossil in the forest. What does it tell you?

• fish used to live on this land

• the fish was left by a fisherman

• this land was once under the ocean

• fish were dropped there

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A solid material that was gray, shiny and made of all the same material is a

• mineral

• fossil

• rock

• soil

Choose all of the agents of weathering.

• wind

• thunder

• water

• sun

A rock is

(a)  

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is a mineral?

(a)  

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

How does weathering and erosion take place?

(a)  

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4