Erosion
Quiz
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Science
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6th Grade
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Marie Bryans
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9 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Choose TWO descriptions below that represent Erosion.
Rain washing away dirt from a hillside
Water getting in cracks of rocks, freezing, and breaking them
Wind hitting the top of a mountain for thousands of years creating arches.
Waves moving sand from one place to another
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which agent of erosion can only deposit small materials such as sand?
ice
wind
water
gravity
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which agent of erosion could cause these rocks to have a smooth, round appearance such as those in the picture?
ice
wind
water
gravity
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which TWO processes take material away from land forms on the surface of the earth?
weathering
erosion
deposition
sediments
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sand and small pebbles are examples of
deposition
agents
exfoliation
sediments
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is one mass movement that occurs quickly from weathering, erosion, and deposition?
landslides or mudslide
mountain building
creeps
formation of caves
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the best evidence that erosion has occurred?
a bunch of fossils are dug up in limestone
a grassy pasture with rich soil
sediments found on a sandbar of a river
a layer of basalt found on the ocean floor
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main agent that causes landslides, mudflows, slumps, and creeps to occur?
water
gravity
ice
wind
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a glacier moves, it picks up and carries the rocks with it. These rocks are weathered by:
abrasion
exfoliation
thermal expansion
hydrolysis
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
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