Earth's Natural Processes and Events

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

• Weathering
• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

• A glacier
• An iceberg
• An ice wedge
• A sand dune

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What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Glaciers

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Water carrying sediment down a hill is an example of...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shinning onto a mountain

• Rain breaking down rock

• Wind blowing away rock

• All of the above

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Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Floods happen when_________

• too much snow and winds are present
• too much rain in a short period of time
• too much rain in mountains

• too much rain inside a cave

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes happen when__________

• 2 pieces of Earth shift
• 2 pieces of rocks erode
• strong winds form
• strong winds form over oceans

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Flood waters can be dangerous. They can carry away cars and people.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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