Review 4

There can be no stream erosion or glacial erosion without

• oxidation.

• deposition.

• gravity.

• wind.

Which of the following is NOT an indication that creep has occurred?

• Underground pipelines break.

• Trees become bent.

• Vertical structures become tilted.

• Parallel grooves form in bedrock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Glaciers covered 30 percent of Earth during the last ice age that began about

• 50 million years ago.

• 10,000 years ago.

• 2.6 million years ago.

• 2000 years ago.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Streams lengthen through

• eutrophication.

• suspension.

• headward erosion.

• upstream flooding.

V-shaped channels like the Grand Canyon are formed by

• stream downcutting.

• a sudden decrease in stream gradient.

• streams capturing another stream.

• streams overflowing their banks.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Heavy accumulations of excess water from large regional drainage systems can result in downstream floods.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A large parcel of air that takes on the characteristics of the area over which it forms is a(n)

• air mass.

• wind.

• cloud.

• source region.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Minerals break along planes where atomic bonds are

• Weak.

• magnetic.

• dense.

• strong.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Minerals, such as quartz, that break along jagged edges are said to have

• fracture.

• cleavage.

• density.

• special properties.

Which intrusive rock has the same composition as andesite?

• basalt

• granite

• diorite

• obsidian