Unit 8 Lesson 1 & 2 Vocabulary Quiz

What is the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another called?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

• Weathering

What is the process of rock breaking apart called?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

• Weathering

What is the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water called?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

• Weathering

What is the release of energy and shaking of the ground called?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Floods

• Rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are all the methods people use to move themselves and their goods from one place to another called?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

• Weathering

What is an opening that allows magma to reach Earth’s surface called?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Floods

• Rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is it called when water covers land that is usually dry?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Floods

• Rocks

What is a natural substance composed of solid crystals of different minerals that have been fused together into a solid lump called?

• Sediment

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are bits of rock called?

• Sediment

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Rocks

What includes all the water in, on, and around the planet Earth?

• Sediment

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4