Soil and Landforms

Why does water flow the fastest in a mountain stream?

• Mountains have the most water.

• Mountains have the steepest slope.

• Mountains have a longer distance.

• The water has to move around boulders.

Which describes how landforms change quickly?

• erosion

• deposition

• earthquakes

• freezing water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which are renewable natural resources?

• air

• water

• minerals

• animals

• oil

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which are nonrenewable natural resources?

• trees

• natural gas

• water

• coal

• minerals

Which landform is caused by deposition?

• valley

• arch

• delta

• canyon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Chemical and physical weathering are both processes that

• dissolve rocks to form caves

• use water to move rocks

• change earth materials into different materials

• break earth materials into smaller pieces

What are properties of soil?

• luster

• texture

• particle size of rock

• amount of humus

• hardness

Freezing water is a weathering agent because water _________ when it freezes.

• expands

• contracts

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Abrasion causes rocks to break into smaller pieces which is an example of __________.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Pieces of rock moving down a mountain with melting snow is an example of ___________ .

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition