WED- Weathering, Erosion & Deposition Test

What does W.E.D. stand for?

• winter, eastern, demolition

• weathering, erosion, deposition

• weathering, exposition, demolition

• western, eastern, deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a glacier?

• A piece of ice that accumulates in the freezer in an ice cube tray.

• A large, slow-moving, long-lasting accumulation of snow and ice that develops on land.

• The gradual wearing down of something by wind, water, and other natural forces.

• The breakdown of solid materials into very small particles by water, air, and other natural events.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is weathering?

• The breakdown of solid materials into very small particles by water, air, and other natural events.

• The build up of land by the settlement of sediment and soil in a new location.

• A large, slow-moving, long-lasting accumulation of snow and ice that develops on land.

• Sand or small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and deposited on the land or at the bottom of a body of water.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is erosion?

• Carrying away sediments by water, wind or ice.

• Sand or small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and deposited on the land or at the bottom of a body of water.

• Francisco Coronado

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is deposition?

• erosion

• process in which sediments, soil and rocks are dropped off and added to a landform or land mass.

• a glacier

• moving sediments down the river

What is sediment?

• SMALL PIECES OF WEATHERED ROCK

• grass after it has been mowed

• lava rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is a canyon?

• THE BREAKING DOWN OF ROCK ON EARTH'S SURFACE

• SMALL PIECES OF WEATHERED ROCK

• A STEEP VALLEY FORMED BY WEATHERING AND EROSION, USUALLY BY WATER

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

WHAT IS A COAST?

• WHERE LAND MEETS THE SEA

• A CANYON

• WHEN A RIVER CARRIES SEDIMENT TO A NEW LOCATION

What land form is this?

• plain
• valley
• mountain
• canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What land form is this?

• valley
• canyon
• mountain
• plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2