Surface Processes

The photograph to the left show farm buildings partially burid in silt. Which erosional agent most likely piled the silt against the buildings?

• glacial ice

• wind

• ocean waves

• mass movement

The diagram shows two identical containers filled with uniform particles that were sorted by size. Which characteristic is most likely the same for these particle-filled containers?

• infiltration rate

• capillarity

• porosity

• water retention

U shaped valleys and parallel grooves in bedrock are characteristics of erosion by

• mass movement

• running water

• wave action

• glacial ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

During a heavy rainstorm, runoff is most likely to occur if the surface soil is

• unsaturated & has a gentle slope

• covered by trees, shrubs, and grasses

• loosely packed sand-sized particles

• firly packed clay-sized particles

The photograph below shows a large boulder of metamorphic rock in a field in the Allegheny Plateau region of New York State. The boulder was most likely moved to this location by

• glacial ice

• streamflow

• prevailing winds

• volcanic action

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A river’s velocity slows from 100 to 50 centimeters per second at a point in its channel. Which statement best describes the transport and deposition of particles at this point? (HINT: ESRT pg6)

• Clay, silt, sand, pebbles, and smaller cobbles stay in transport; some cobbles are deposited.

• Clay, silt, and smaller sand stay in transport; some sand is deposited
  

• Clay, silt, sand, and smaller pebbles stay in transport; some pebbles are deposited.

• Clay and smaller silt stay in transport; some silt is deposited

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The diagram below shows sand particles being moved by wind. At which Earth surface locations is this process usually the most dominant type of erosion?

• deserts & beaches

• deltas & floodplains

• glaciers & moraines

• mountain peaks & escarpments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which graph best represents the relationship between the slope of a river and the particle size that can be transported by that river?

• 
• 
• 
• 

The diagram below shows a glacial landscape feature forming over time from a melting block of ice. The glacial landscape feature is best identified as

• a kettle lake

• a finger lake

• a moraine

• an outwash plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The diagram below shows some features in a cave. Which type of rock was chemically weathered by acidic groundwater to produce the cave and its features?

• quartzite

• limestone

• siltstone

• basalt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2