Week 20 Vocabulary Quiz

1. weathering - is the breaking down of rock into sediment by ______________? Check which items cause weathering. Check ALL that apply.

• wind
• water
• ice
• other elements of weather
• time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

2. ______________ - is the movement of weathered sediment by wind, water, or ice (glaciers)

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

3. Deposition - is the _______________ of weathered & eroded sediment in a new location

• lifting up
• pushing over
• dropping off

4. Delta - a landform created when a _______________, slows down, and deposits sediment

• lake meets a river
• pond meets a lake
• river meets an ocean
• ocean meets an ocean

5. Which image pictures a delta?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

6. ________ - process of binding & hardening of sediments into hard rock

• cementation
• compaction
• deposition

7 . ________ -process by which pressure from rocks and soil reduces the size of sediments

• cementation
• compaction
• deposition

10. Which landform is pictured?

• canyon
• valley
• sand dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What caused this U-shaped landform?

• Wind

• Water

• Ice (glacier)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Weathering- (a)  

• breaks it
• takes it
• drops it

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2