Weathering, erosion, deposition and glaciers

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form moraines (deposition of debris)

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

• Alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

Base your answer to the following question on the map. Arrows on the map show the location and orientation of glacial striations on the surface bedrock. Dark shading shows the location of large moraines (glacial deposits). How were the striations made?

• Frost action cracked the bedrock during the ice age.

• Rocks at the bottom of the glaciers were dragged over the bedrock.

• Particles carried by winds scratched the bedrock during the ice age.

• Particles carried by glacial meltwater eroded the bedrock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The diagram represents a stream valley. Which diagram below best shows how this valley might be modified after a glacier has moved through it?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Erosion is most likely greatest at locations

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• D and A

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which two locations have the greatest stream velocities?

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• D and A

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following actions causes the deposition of sand at a delta?

• river water slowing as it enters the ocean
• salt water & fresh water mixing together
• ocean waves transporting sand toward land
• ocean water slowing as it reaches the coast

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A meander cut off from a river.

• alluvial fan
• delta
• flood plain
• oxbow lake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range and deposits onto land.

• flood plain

• delta

• alluvial fan

• gully

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2