Erosion

Erosion

6th Grade

9 Qs

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Erosion

Erosion

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS3-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

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

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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

Media Image

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

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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