CCMS Weathering and Erosion (Stout)

What is the process of breaking down rock?

• deposition

• erosion

• sediment

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the final destination of sediment after weathering and erosion?

• erosion

• sediment

• deposition

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which answer choice lists the events in the order in which they happen?

• deposition, weathering, sediment, erosion

• weathering, erosion, deposition, sediment

• erosion, deposition, sediment, weathering

• weatherin, sediment, erosion, deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are the smaller pieces of rock that have been broken down during the process of weathering, that are moved and then deposited?

• sediment

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What shapes the Earth's surface?

• human activity such as mining gardening, burning forests

• mammals and rodents

• weathering and erosion

• insects and decomposers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens when land or rocks are WEATHERED over a long period of time by wind, rain, ice, or waves?

• sand blasting

• erosion

• earthquakes

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Weathering and erosion are natural events that _________ wear down rocks.

• might

• slowly

• qucikly

• never

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What 3 things have we studied that cause erosion?

(Choose ONE answer.)

• elephant damage, lightning, water

• moving ice, moving water, wind blowing

• thunder, moving water, moving earthquakes

• deposition, moving lightning, farming

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What process caused Mushroom Rock to form?

• sediment

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• deposition

• erosion

• sediment

• weathering