Erosion 2nd Grade

Which agents  break down earth materials?

• wind only
• earthquakes and gravity
• ice and 007
• wind, water, and ice

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?

• Ice wedging
• Glacier
• Iceberg
• Dune

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shinning onto a mountain

• Rain breaking down rock

• Wind blowing away sediment

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

What happens when weathering and erosion work together?

• New Mountains are created
• The climate changes overnight
• Metal objects become rusty
• They change the Earth's surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the major cause of weathering and erosion to form canyons?

• wind
• ice
• glaciers
• moving water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How do sandy beaches form?

• Waves pounding pebbles int smaller and smaller pieces

• Wind eroding pebbles into smaller pieces

• Water freezing and thawing the cracks of pebbles

• Rain wearing away rocks into smaller and smaller pieces

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the process called that moves small pieces of Earth's surface to another location?

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• river flow

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1