Mississippi Science Review

What process is occurring at point B?

• solidification

• erosion

• deposition

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Miguel’s school often practices evacuations in the event of a tsunami, a large ocean wave created by an underwater earthquake. Miguel’s school probably is located:

• near tornado alley

• in a marshy region

• near a place often hit with hurricanes

• near a plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Use the satellite image below of the lower Mississippi River valley to answer the questions on this page. The Mississippi River flows from the northern US to the Gulf of Mexico and picks up tremendous amounts of sediments. What process is occurring at point A?

• solidification

• erosion

• deposition

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The US Army Corp of Engineers is concerned that the Mississippi River may jump its banks near point A during a big flood and form a new main channel much further to the west. If this were to occur, what would happen to the current river delta at point B over time?

• The delta would begin to shrink.

• The delta would become much larger.

• The size of the delta would remain about the same.

• The delta would have higher amounts of sand and silt.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Design an experiment to test the effect of sunlight on the rate of photosynthesis in a plant. What would be your control variable?

• The type of plant used

• The amount of water given to the plant

• The amount of sunlight each plant receives

• The temperature of the environment

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Match the science vocabulary word or concept to the correct definition: "the process of removing sediments from one location and moving to another by natural processes."

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Plate tectonics

Match the science vocabulary word or concept to the correct definition: "a boundary line of advancing cold air."

• tornado

• stationary front

• warm front

• cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the science vocabulary word or concept to the correct definition: "a boundary line of advancing warm air."

• cold front

• occluded front

• warm front

• stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the science vocabulary word or concept to the correct definition: "the theory that states crustal regions (or plates) of Earth are moving driven by convection currents in the Earth’s mantle."

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

• Magnetic Reversal

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the science vocabulary word or concept to the correct definition: "a weather system that rotates clockwise (opposite in the southern hemisphere) and is usually associated with fair weather."

• High-pressure system

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Low-pressure system