Earth's Land Changes

What is made up of air, water, pieces of rock, and decomposed plant and animal remains?

• trees

• soil

• waves

• mountains

Which part of soil is the most nutritious?

• clay

• bedrock

• subsoil

• humus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

True or False.

Rocks that have been weathered more are smoother.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which shows the slowest land change to Earth's surface?

• earthquakes

• weathering

• landslides

• volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Something that rapidly causes large amounts of soil to move at once is called a ____.

• earthquake

• volcano

• tornado

• landslide

True or False. Earthquakes ALWAYS make buildings fall and make cracks in the Earth's crust.

• True

• False

Earthquakes are caused when sections of the earth's crust move. True or false?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of these phrases describe active volcanoes?

• lava spews out

• burning lava flows down

• smoke and ash is everywhere

• all of the above

Which of the following is an example of weathering by wind and water?

• trees growing in a park

• volcanoes erupting

• islands creating

• canyons formed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When tiny rocks break off of larger rocks it adds to the soil. What is this process called?

• precipitation

• weathering

• decomposition

• landslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2