Common Assessment Review Trivia

A sudden shift in the earth's crust is called a...

• Earthquake 
• Volcano 
• Tsunami
• Flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A spinning funnel cloud which causes much destruction is called a...

• Tornado 
• Earthquake
• Tsunami 
• Hurricane 

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What catastrophic event is caused by an unusually large amount of water for an area?

• Hurricane
• Flood
• Blizzard
• Tsunami 

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When lava or ash spew from a mountain vent, what catastrophic event does this describe? 

• Volcano 
• Drought
• Wildfire
• Meteor

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where do hurricanes form?

• In a river or stream
• Over the ocean
• At plate boundaries
• Under the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the process of transporting sediments from location to another?

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Compaction

A natural disaster occurs when a natural hazard...

• causes major damage and harms humans.
• poses a danger to any part of the earth.
• changes the physical features of the earth.
• impacts everyday life for humans.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Most Texas ecoregions are experiencing accelerated rates of _________ that are changing the natural communities within the ecosystems.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Land formation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Weathering can have which of the following effects in Texas?

• Sediment reaching the coast

• Building of mountains in west Texas

• Breaking down of rocks such as at Enchanted Rock

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Deposition can have which of the following effects in Texas?

• Rounding or sharpening of rocks

• Forming of sand dunes at the coast

• Breaking down of rocks such as at Enchanted Rock

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4