Erosion Quizz- Itec

What is a word you think of when you think of our Earth?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is erosion?

• The Process of eroding or being worn down by wind, water, or natural agents

• gravity separating natural agents to create new properties of matter

  
  

• Humans actively wearing down the ground for scientific advancement

  
  

•  the transportation of rock within a setting. 

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Erosion occurs when natural forces alter the landscape. What does it mean to alter a landscape?

• to blow dust around

• to change what land looks like

• to add sand around the river bank

• to create a floodplain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Based on the photo, what could be the reason for this type of erosion (what type of erosion is this)?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the dropping off or laying down of sediments in an area?

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Delta

• Earth Processes

What is Condensation?

• A process of water vapor, or gas changing to a liquid conservation using only what you need as efficiently as possible

•  gravity separating natural agents to create new properties of matter

• Humans actively wearing down the ground for scientific advancement

• the transportation of rock within a setting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Where do you think the most erosion occurs in the United States?

Answer explanation

Severity of the Coastal Erosion hazard. Louisiana has the highest rate of wetlands loss in the Country, with the State accounting for 80 percent of the nation's coastal wetland loss.

The Corn Belt States experience some of the highest erosion rates in the country: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is being described in the following definition: a rapid downhill movement of large amounts of rock and soil

• Weathering

• Avelanche

• Landslide

• Succession

What kind of erosion is being described: occurs when chemicals (like acid) react with rocks to change them into different materials. (Choose the BEST answer)

• Chemical Reaction

• Acid Rain

• Physical Erosion

• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is a topographic map? 

• a map that shows the diverse weather over specific regions

• a map that shows the population within a region

• a map that shows the diversity within the region

• a map that represents landforms in an area (shape of the land).