Understanding River and Land Changes

What does the water carry away to make the river deeper?

• Air

• Fish

• People

• Soil

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What causes soil and rock particles to move in the picture?

• Rain

• Sun

• Wind

• Plants

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What process is shown in the picture?

• Water flows across the land and grows corn.

• Water flows across the land, and the land stays the same.

• Water flows across the land and moves fish.

• Water flows across the land and carries soil.

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What could have caused the small pieces of rock to move up the sand dune?

• Moving water

• Moving wind

• Moving cars

• Moving ice

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Mary used a stream table to see what happens when water moves across land.

What did she see when she poured water on the stream table?

• The river got bigger.

• The river got smaller.

• The trees got bigger.

• The trees got smaller.

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Pauline put sand, soil, and rocks in a stream table. She then used a blue straw to blow on the stream table from

the left to model wind changing land.

What did she see at the bottom of the stream table after blowing on it? Select two correct answers.

• Ice

• Sand

• Soil

• Water

• Plants

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Which of the pictures show how land is changed by the wind?

Select 2 correct answers.

• Photo A

• Photo B

• Photo C

• Photo D

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In which of the areas will moving water from a flood change the land the most? Pick 3 correct answers.

• Mountain

• Dirt

• Road

• Forest

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What caused the hills to look different?

• Moving air

• Moving water

• Moving animals

• Moving people

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Which statement best explains the answer to the last question about what caused the hills to look different?

• Wind blew the sand around and built up the shape of the dune.

• Water moved the sand around and lowered the shape of the dune.

• Animals moved the sand around and built up the shape of the dune.

• People moved the sand around and lowered the shape of the dune.

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