Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, 5th Grade

How do river deltas change over time?

• More and more sediments build up around the delta from deposition

• Water erosion wears away land and rocks turn to pebbles.

• Smaller rivers disappear and the sediments is not deposited

• Fewer sediments are deposited in to the river.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Glaciers are masses of ice that move slowly on land. Which of these features was most likely formed by a glacier?

• A wide valley

• A deep ocean

• A lava flow

• A mountain range

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A student hiking in a rocky area notices that wide, deep cracks have formed in some of the large rocks. Some of the rocks have broken apart. Which process most likely caused the rocks to crack?

• Erosion by wind

• Fast-moving rivers

• Water freezing and thawing

• Sediments being deposited

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A wide U-shaped valley was most likely formed by---

• glaciers melting and moving sediment

• a hurricane

• melting snow

• wind and water

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A rocky beach by the ocean undergoes weathering over time. When the rocks erode, what will NOT be deposited on the beach?

• sand

• shell fragments

• bigger rocks

• sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This is an area of land that changed over hundreds of years. What process changed the shape of the rock layers over time?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Evaporation

• Compaction

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This experiment is modeling weathering and erosion by water. What landform could they be modeling using the stream table shown

• A glacier

• A plain

• A canyon

• A cave

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What is erosion?

• movement of soil from one place to another

• rocks being broken by rain

• heat from inside the Earth melting rocks

• the dropping off of sediment

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What caused this sea arch to form?

• Wind and ice hit the rock and wore it away

• Ocean waves hit the rock and broke off pieces

• Glacier movement wore it down

• Deposition of sediment caused it to break down.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This landform is called a sand dune. How are sand dunes formed?

• Ocean waves

• Glaciers melting

• Winds blowing sediments

• Running water