WEDGL Review

2. Which agent of erosion is most likely responsible for

the deposition of sandbars along ocean shorelines?

• A) glaciers

• ) mass movement

• C) wave action

• D) wind action

The process that transports rocks, soil and sediments to a different location is called

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• depletion

Choose all of the following that are processes to FORM sedimentary rock.

• compaction and cementation

• weathering

• erosion

• melting

Which types of weathering and erosion are primarily responsible for the formation of caves?

• A) chemical weathering and groundwater flow

• B) chemical weathering and runoff

• C) physical weathering and groundwater flow

• D) physical weathering and runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The most likely reason powdered limestone reacts

faster is that it has

• A) less total volume

• B) more chemical bonds

• C) more total surface area

• D) lower density

Which change would most likely cause soil layer to

increase in thickness?

• A) a decrease in slope

• B) a decrease in rainfall

• C) an increase in biologic activity

• D) an increase in air pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

As a quartz pebble is transported by a stream, the

pebble will become more rounded as a result of

• A) dissolving as water is running over the rock

• B) abrasion by colliding with other rocks

• C) deposition in well-sorted layers

• D) resistance to weathering and erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A large, scratched boulder is found in a mixture of

unsorted, smaller sediments forming a hill in central

New Jersey. Which agent of erosion most likely

transported and then deposited this boulder?

• A) wind

• B) a glacier

• C) ocean waves

• D) running water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The block diagram below represents a portion of a

meandering stream and the valley it has produced.

One landscape feature is labeled A.

• A) a delta

• B) a flood plain

• C) a water table

• D) an escarpment

This stream drainage pattern is most likely a direct

result of the

• A) elevation of the bedrock above sea level

• B) type of fossils in the bedrock

• C) age of the bedrock

• D) underlying bedrock structure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2