Natural World

What is the best option to conserve natural resources?

• Leave water running

• Reuse water bottles

• Pack your lunch in a reusable container

• Reuse water bottles and pack your lunch in a reusable container

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

How does a plant help form soil?

• absorb water

• make pretty flowers

• decompose and become part of the soil

• grow in soil

What is an example of a rapid change?

• a mountain formed after a volcano erupts

• wind causing sand to pile up

• a road being built

• rain causing a rock to get smaller

When small pieces of rock break apart this is called...

• decomposition

• magic

• gravity

• weathering

What change to Earth would be caused by heavy rain?

• volcanic eruption

• earthquake

• landslide

• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What do earthquakes do to the surface of Earth?

• cause lava to cover the ground

• heavy rains

• shift the surface

• nothing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How is soil created?

• weathered rocks

  and

  decomposing plant and animal remains

• plants

• animals

• people

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What happens to rock when it becomes part of soil?

• it floats

• no one knows

• it melts

• it breaks into small pieces

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When Sam washes dishes she should...

• let the water run the whole time

• don't use water

• wait and wash them later

• fill the sink with water and then turn if off

How does a volcano change the Earth's surface?

• magic

• shakes everything

• makes the climate warmer in Texas

• forms new land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2