Earth's Surface

What is WEATHERING

• A very slow process that breaks racks in to smaller pieces

• When it rains,snows,or when its windy

• Come safely through a storm

What are examples of Physical Weathering is:

• Ice

• Wind

• Animals

• Plants

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An example of physical weathering is Plant roots(it can grow through the cracks)............true or false

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A rock is

• A cycle

• A hard stony materiel that naturally forms

• A thing

• A piece of money

The majority of Earth's surface is covered with what?

• Sand

• Grass

• Water

• Soda

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Small bits of rock, soil, and shells

• fossil

• erosion

• sediment

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The diagram shows land and sea. What is most likely occurring in Location X?

• Weathering of rock by water

• Cementation to form sedimentary rock

• Deposition to form a river delta

• Layering of deposited sediment

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5.7B

​ (a)   the outside or top layer of something

• surface

• system

• trench

• volcanic activity

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ESS1.C

ESS2.A

ESS2.B

Which of the concepts from the previous slide can you say something about? Write about at least one of them in the text box.

- Natural Resources

- Fossil Fuels

- Sedimentary Rock formation

- Earth’s Surface

- Landform

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A satellite picture of this same area taken weeks before shows that the shape and location of some dunes have changed. Which of these most likely caused the changes in the dunes?

• Ocean Waves

• Flowing Rivers

• Blowing Wind

• Crustal Uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2