12/8/23 Vocabulary Comprehension Changes to Land Quiz

What is deposition?

• The breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice

• The buildup of land by the settlement of sediment and soil in a new location

• The removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by gravity, water, wind, or ice

• A large, slow-moving, long-lasting accumulation of snow and ice that develops on land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is erosion?

• The buildup of land by the settlement of sediment and soil in a new location

• The breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice

• A large, slow-moving, long-lasting accumulation of snow and ice that develops on land

• The removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by gravity, water, wind, or ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a glacier?

• A large, slow-moving, long-lasting accumulation of snow and ice that develops on land

• The removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by gravity, water, wind, or ice

• The buildup of land by the settlement of sediment and soil in a new location

• The breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is sediment?

• The buildup of land by the settlement of sediment and soil in a new location

• The breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice

• The removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by gravity, water, wind, or ice

• A large, slow-moving, long-lasting accumulation of snow and ice that develops on land

What is weathering?

• The breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice

• The buildup of land by the settlement of sediment and soil in a new location

• The removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by gravity, water, wind, or ice

• A large, slow-moving, long-lasting accumulation of snow and ice that develops on land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2