Exploring Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

Exploring Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 10th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Mia Campbell

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
,
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
The video explains the processes of weathering, erosion, and deposition. Weathering breaks down rocks, erosion transports them, and deposition drops them in new locations. Examples include river dynamics and the formation of deltas, such as the Mississippi River Delta. Erosion can occur due to water or wind, as seen in the Grand Canyon and the Southwest.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the simplest way to describe weathering, erosion, and deposition?

Weathering moves it, erosion breaks it, deposition drops it

Weathering drops it, erosion takes it, deposition breaks it

Weathering takes it, erosion breaks it, deposition moves it

Weathering breaks it, erosion takes it, deposition drops it

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process is described when water freezes in the cracks of a rock and causes it to break?

Oxidation

Abrasion

Ice wedging

Chemical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to rocks when water runs down a hill fast enough?

They get weathered

They get dissolved

They get eroded

They get deposited

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where does deposition typically occur in a river?

In the middle of the river

At the source of the river

On the inside of a curve

On the outside of a curve

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is formed at the end of a river where it slows down and deposits sediment?

A plateau

A valley

A delta

A canyon

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a key characteristic of an old river?

It has steep banks

It flows straight

It is narrow

It meanders

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to larger sediments when a river slows down?

They dissolve in the water

They move to the river source

They are deposited close to the end of the river

They are carried further

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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