SMS Geoscience Processes

Which of the following changes to Earth’s surface is most likely to represent the smallest scale of space and time?

• A landslide on a mountain

• Uplift of mountain ranges

• Breakdown of rock into sediments

• Formation of a canyon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is the best example of a change to Earth’s surface caused by a usually gradual process that is interrupted by a rapid event?

• An earthquake resulting from tectonic plate movement

• The formation of a delta at the mouth of a river

• The creation of sediments by breaking down rocks

• A flooding of wetlands caused by a hurricane’s storm surge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The data table provides information on some geologic processes

Comparing which events would provide evidence of the greatest variation in the scale of time and space?

• Geochemical reactions and delta formation

• Delta formation and earthquakes

• Earthquakes and landslides

• Landslides and geochemical reactions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following land features would take the longest amount of time to change?

• Shape of a volcano

• Positions of sand dunes

• Locations of continents

• Fractures in rock formations

Which of the following surface features could be caused by moving ice, but not by moving water or wind?

• Transporting large boulders over many kilometers

• Smoothing and rounding rocks of different sizes

• Carving out a canyon several kilometers long

• Movement of sediments down a mountainside

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries

• Earthquake

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Any natural process that happens to Earth’s surface, such as weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics

• Geoscience Process

• Surface Features

• Weathering

• Seafloor Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Relating to the whole world

• Global

• Pandemic

• Climate

• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Describing something so small that it can be seen only with a microscope

• Microscopic

• Process

• Rocks

A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole

• Muscular

• System

• Chemical Change

• Physical Change

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3