2023 W/E/D/Exam

The diagram below represents a portion of the water cycle. Letters A, B, C, and D represent processes or features related to the water cycle; Arrows represent movement of water. Which table correctly matches these letters with the processes or features related to the water cycle?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The diagram below represents four different land surfaces of equal area. Which area would most likely have the greatest permeability as each area receives the same amount of rainfall?

• sand

• forest with clay soil

• pebbles

• grassy field with silt soil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A mudslide is most likely to occur on a hillslope having soil that is

• saturated with water and without vegetation

• unsaturated and covered by vegetation

• unsaturated and without vegetation

• saturated with water and covered by vegetation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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The table below shows general climate conditions of four different locations, A, B, C, and D. In which location is chemical weathering probably greatest, based on these climate conditions?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The sediment deposited by a landslide is usually

• sorted and layered

• unsorted and non-layered

• unsorted and layered

• sorted and non-layered

Which particles most likely will be deposited first as the velocity of a stream carrying a mixture of particles decreases?

• small, flat, low-density particles

• large, flat, high-density particles

• arge, round, high-density particles

• small, round, low-density particles

The map below shows a portion of Matagorda Island. This barrier island is located along the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. Which agent of erosion is primarily responsible for

the formation of Matagorda Island?

• streams

• wind

• wave action

• moving ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The photograph below shows an elongated hill that

was originally deposited by a glacier. This landscape feature is identified as a

• drumlin

• dune

• outwash plain

• terminal moraine

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Compared to a well-sorted sample of larger-sized

particles, a well-sorted sample of smaller-sized

particles has greater

• transpiration

• porosity

• permeability

• capillarity

Which changes in surface water movement are likely

to occur when vegetation is removed from the side

of a hill?

• infiltration decreases and runoff decreases

• infiltration increases and runoff increases

• infiltration increases and runoff decreases

• infiltration decreases and runoff increases

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