Geology Test Review

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shining onto a mountain.
• Rain breaking down rocks on a mountain into smaller pieces. 
• Wind blowing away sediment to a new place on the mountain.
• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rock particles carried and deposited by water, wind & ice.

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rocks formed as sediment is deposited and pressed together.

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

The chemical, physical, or biological process which breaks down rock into sediment is called.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When sediment is dropped and settles in a new location.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

What is the correct order of processes changing the Earth's surface?

• weathering-deposition-erosion

• deposition-weathering-erosion

• erosion-weathering-deposition

• weathering-erosion-deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Remains or evidence that plants and animals live long ago are preserved as?

• fossils

• rocks

• minerals

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How many years does it take for a fossil to form?

• thousands

• ten

• millions

• hundreds

A giant, slow moving sheet of ice and snow.

• avalanche

• glacier

• mudslide

• earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4