R, W, E Test Review 2

When rocks break into smaller pieces without changing what they are made of.

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

When minerals in a rock change to a different substance.

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

Movement or transportation of loose Earth materials by water, wind, or ice.

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The settling of sediments.

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

A river is carrying a rock and a piece of sand. As the river slows down, it will drop the ​ ​ (a)   first.

• Rock
• Sand

The principle of superposition tells us the the ____________ rock strata is always on top.

• Younger

• Older

• Heavier

• Lighter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What landform is this

• Canyon

• Valley

• Plain

• Beach

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Different materials erode at different rates.

• Differential Erosion

• Sorting

• Weathering

• Abrasion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process of separation of different sizes of Earth Materials.

• Differential Erosion

• Sorting

• Weathering

• Abrasion

Breaking of rocks by rubbing and bumping into one another.

• Differential Erosion

• Sorting

• Weathering

• Abrasion