Earth Science Erosion Vocabulary Quiz

The dropping off of sediments in a new place is called:

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• boulder

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the process of wearing away and moving sediments from location to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What do you call the particles of earth material that settle down to the bottom of still water?

• gravel

• floaties

• sediment

• igneous

Which sentence correctly uses the word "eroded"?

• The water is eroded the land.

• Yesterday, water eroded the land.

• Right now, water is eroded the land.

• Tomorrow, water will eroded the land.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A meander is a winding river or stream that just wanders wherever it wants.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Deposition is a process of picking something up

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which sentences correctly uses the word "settling"?

• The sand settling.

• Yesterday, the sand settling.

• Now I can see the sand is settling.

What is a canyon?

• a river

• a hole in the earth material

• a little can

• a deep valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following would you have observed in your stream table investigations?

• ocean

• erosion

• deposition

• grass

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

which word means a "triangle of sediment deposited by moving water"?

• fossil

• slope

• meander

• delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4