Earth Science Quiz

When water flows or collects over land that is normally dry

• Levee

• Contour Plowing

• Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Pipes or channels that carry away storm water, typically from streets or parking lots

• Storm drain

• Jetty

• Dam

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Wall alongside a river

• Floodway

• Dredging

• Levee

• Dam

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A wall across a river

• Levee

• Dam

• Jetty

• Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Path for flood waters to flow over

• Storm drains

• Flood

• Jetty

• Floodway

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Deepening or widening, typically to a river or a harbor

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Thin, narrow wall built from the shoreline into the ocean

• Dam

• Floodway

• Jetty

• Levee

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Dumping sand onto an eroded beach

• Beach Nourishment

• Dredging

• Contour Plowing

• Terrace Farming

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Plowing in curved rows that follow the shape of the land

• Dredging

• Dam

• Levee

• Contour Plowing

Crops are planted in level sections called terraces.

• Storm Drain

• Terrace Farming

• Jetty

• Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5