Unit 3 Test Review

natural process of breaking down rocks

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

the movement of weathered bits of rock or soil from one place to another

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

the settling of eroded materials in a new place

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

any eroded material (weathered rock, sand, and soil) that is deposited in a new place

• glacier

• volcano

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

new rocks can be formed by deposited sediment in layers

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• dust storm

• sand dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

cracks in a rock get bigger from water inside them freezing

• glacier

• volcano

• ice wedging

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

slowly moving river of ice -- weather and erode the land where they flow

• volcano

• glacier

• earthquake

• ice wedging

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

sand is carried and dropped by the wind

• dust storm

• sand dune

• earthquake

• sediment

a strong wind blows dust from a dry region

• windbreak

• sand dune

• volcano

• dust storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a row of plants that is grown in an open area to help slow down the wind and reduce its harmful effects

• sediment

• windbreak

• dust storm

• sand dune