Ohio State Test Science

The second most abundant element in the mantle is __________.

• oxygen

• calcium

• magenesium

• aluminum

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the definition of WEATHERING?

• The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rocks.

• A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream.

• The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

• The material carried along by a river or a stream.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the definition of EROSION?

• The material carried along by a river or a stream.

• The boundary between land and a body of water.

• The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rocks.

• The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

What is the definition of DEPOSITION?

• The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

• The material carried along by a river or a stream.

• An exposed ridge of underwater sand and shell material.

• The process in which material is laid down.

What is the definition of FLOODPLAIN?

• The boundary between land and a body of water.

• A long ridge or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.

• Rocky landscape left behind after deflation.

• An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks.

What is an ALLUVIAL FAN?

• The process in which material is laid down.

• A fan-shaped mass of rock material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.

• An exposed ridge of underwater sand and shell material.

• A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the definition of ABRASION?

• An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks.

• The grinding and wearing down of rock by another rock.

• Fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind.

• Removal of fine sediment by wind.

What is the definition of GLACIER?

• The grinding and wearing down of rock by another rock.

• A long ridge or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.

• The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material.

• A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land.

What is the definition of GLACIAL DRIFT?

• The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material.

• The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.

• Rocky landscape left behind after deflation.

• An exposed ridge of underwater sand and shell material.

What is the definition of ROCKFALL?

• A long ridge or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.

• The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff.

• The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water.

• The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.