STAAR Review--Earth

Moving rock and soil

• Erode

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of erosion moves the most rock

and soil on the Earth?

• Wind

• Snow

• People

• Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The dropping of sand and rock carried by wind or water as it slows down or from ice that melts.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Erode

• Weathering

To wear away by the action of water, wind or glaciers.

• Weathering

• Erode

• Erosion

• Fracture

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The physical breaking up of the rocks on Earth's surface into smaller pieces of rock or sand.

• Weathering

• Erode

• Erosion

• Fracturing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A river that goes back and forth.

• Goose Necks

• San Juan River

• Mississippi

• Meander

The moon ____________ around the Earth.

• revoloves
• rotates
• up
• down

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What process created this V-shaped valley?

• Erosion due to a river
• Erosion due to a glacier
• Weathering due to a river
• Weathering due to wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What process created this cool rock?

• A volcanic eruption
• A flood
• Wind
• Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2