3rd grade Earth and Physical Science Review

What do weathering and erosion have in common?

• They both occur underground

• They both break down rocks and minerals

• They both involve the application of heat and pressure

• They both bring about chemical changes in rocks and minerals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What effect do plants' roots have on rock?

• They break apart

• They hold it together

• They weather it

• They cause it to undergo chemical changes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is NOT a type of soil?

• clay

• silt

• sand

• minerals

Which of the following attributes (characteristics) does NOT describe minerals?

• hardness

• luster

• humus

• streak

A _______ is a solid, naturally formed substance that always has the same composition.

• carbon

• mineral

• rock

• water

The __________ describes the process by which rocks change forms.

• water cycle

• igneous cycle

• rock cycle

• tectonic plates

Which of these is NOT a step in the fossilization process?

• bones left behind

• sediment builds up

• animal digs cave into the rock

• animal is buried in the mud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How did this deeply buried fossil become exposed at the Earth's surface?

• it crawled through the rock

• dynamite blasted the rock away

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• erosion exposed it

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of these types of fossils is a record of a living thing's activity?

• footprints

• shells

• bones

• teeth

Which of these is true of fruits blended together?

• chemical change

• physical change

• no change

• both chemical and physical change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2