E.S.S - Practice

________ is the process where natural forces like water, wind, ice and gravity carry away rocks and soil.

• Elevations

• Erosion

• Sediment

• Weathering

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Which of the following is NOT a question a scientist would ask?

• How do islands form?

• What kinds of rocks are on the Earth's surface?

• What channel is the weather forecast on?

• What causes earthquakes?

The process where rock is dissolved, worn away, or broken down into smaller pieces is called _________.

• sediment

• continent

• wears down

• weathering

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What is a hypothesis?

• an observation

• a possible answer to a question

• a problem to be solved

• an accurate measurement

Which would NOT be a good resource for finding out about a type of rock?

• the internet

• a science book

• an encyclopedia

• an atlas

A(n) ___________ is a large area of land.

• mountain

• oceans

• continent

• ring of fire

What are 2 ways water changes landforms? Choose TWO.

• weathering

• deposition

• eruption

• erosion

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Which of these landforms is probably the result of erosion caused by flowing water?

• a mountain

• a canyon

• a glacier

• a sand dune

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True or false:

Tectonic plates are plates that float on top of molten rock that run into each other or pull apart, creating new mountains, volcanoes, and trenches.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Two students are testing how high a ball will bounce. Each student drops a ball.

One student's bounce height is 20 cm. The other student's bounce height is 60 cm.

Choose a reason below that would NOT be why their results might be different.

• Different type or size ball

• different height or way of dropping

• Surface that the ball is landing on

• different height that the ball was dropped from.

• The temperature of the room