Earth's Processes Quiz

The process by which the surface of the earn is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Felsite

• Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A large amount of earth, rock, and other material that moves down a steep slope after it has separated from the layer of earth below it.

• Erosion

• Ice Wedging

• Landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The process where rock is dissolved, worn away or broken down into smaller and smaller pieces.

• Cone Volcano

• Weathering

• Root Wedging

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A broad rounded volcano that is built up by successive outpourings of very fluid lava.

• Cone Volcano

• Volcano

• Root Wedging

• Shield Volcano

Made when sand, mud, and pebbles get laid down in layers. Over time, these layers are squashed under more and more layers.

• Shield Volcano

• Cone Volcano

• Sedimentary Rock

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The remains of traces of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• Felsite

• Basalt

• Erosion

• Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The molten fluid rock that comes from a volcano or volcanic vent.

• Lava

• Basalt

• Volcano

• Fossil

A form of mechanical or physical weathering in which cracks in rock or other surfaces fill with water, freeze and expand, causing the cracks to enlarge and eventually break.

• Ice Wedging

• Cone Volcano

• Root Wedging

• Weathering

A dark, dense igneous rock formed by the cooling of lava.

• Fossil

• Basalt

• Felsite

• Lava

A person who designs and builds complex products, machines, systems, or structures.

• Felsite

• Weathering

• Engineer

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4