Rivers and Streams

_______________ is the laying down or settling of broken down rock. 

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

_______________ when soil, sand, or rocks are moved from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Water carrying rocks down a river is an example of _________.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Landslides are caused by gravity pulling materials such as rock down when weathering and erosion occur. _____________

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When there is a sharp bend in the river, the strongest current and deepest water is at the outside edge of the bend.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• Don't pick me

In flowing water, there is more current near the bottom.

• true

• false

• maybe

• Don't pick me

What is occurring at point A?

• Deposition

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is occurring at point B?

• Eutrophication

• Plant growth

• Deposition

• Erosion

What factors affect stream velocity

• Shape of its channel

• Volume of water in the river

• Gradient of the slope that the river moves along

• all of these do

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The sand bar formed as a direct result of 

• erosion due to a decrease in stream velocity 

• deposition due to a decrease in stream velocity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2