Earths Surface Systems

What is the process by which water, wind, or ice moves weathered rocks and soil?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Plucking

• Mass movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which geologic principle states that the same processes operating today also operated in the past to change Earth's surface?

• Ice age

• Mass movement

• Uniformitarianism

• Chemical weathering

What type of weathering involves the physical breaking of rock into smaller pieces?

• Chemical weathering

• Mechanical weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

What is the loose, weathered material on Earth's surface in which plants can grow?

• Humus

• Sediment

• Soil

• Glacier

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for dark-colored organic material in soil?

• Sediment

• Humus

• Plucking

• Glacier

What is the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations?

• Erosion

• Plucking

• Deposition

• Mass movement

What is a large mass of moving ice and snow on land called?

• Valley glacier

• Continental glacier

• Ice age

• Glacier

What is a glacier that covers much of a continent or large island called?

• Valley glacier

• Continental glacier

• Ice age

• Mass movement

What is the process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land?

• Erosion

• Plucking

• Deposition

• Mass movement

What is the term for sediments deposited directly by a glacier?

• Runoff

• Till

• Delta

• Sand dune