Earth Processes Review

When two continental plates diverge, there is a valley that forms as the crust widens. What event happens as a result?

• volcanoes

• hurricanes

• tsunamis

• earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Mountains and volcanoes can be formed at what kind of plate boundary?

• covergent

• divergent

• transform

• earthquakes

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Erosion

• Landslide

• Weathering

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

How do plants weather rocks?

• Plants don't weather rocks.

• When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.

• When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Sediment is...

• the breaking apart, wearing away, or dissolving of rock. 

• the scraping away of materials

• material that comes from the weathering of rock

• the moving of sediment and rock from one place to another. 

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 

• Erosion

• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Identify the layers of the Earth shown in the diagram.

a

b

c

d

Mantle

Inner Core

Outer Core

Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The Grand Canyon is an example of:

• Weathering

• Dunes

• Deltas

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of weathering is it when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock?

• chemical weathering 

• physical or mechanical weathering

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of the following is NOT a constructive process?

• Delta

• Floodplain

• The Grand Canyon

• Dune

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2