Set 7C

Causes of erosion include:

• ice

• gravity

• wind

• water

• rocks

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The main cause of erosion is __

Particles of sediment that have been carried away from erosion build up over time through a process called ___

• deposition

• sedimentation

• 
• 

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​ (a)   mountains are mountains that were left behind when ​ (b)   carved away the surrounding material (usually these are in the form of a ​ (c)   ).

• erosional
• erosion
• plateau
• depositional
• volcanic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

1. Categorize these types of EROSIONAL mountains.

Groups:

(a) Mesas

,

(b) Buttes

,

(c) Pinnacles

,

(d) Monadnocks

• 
• 
• 1. smaller (than mesas) flat topped hills

• 
• 1. a series of tall remnants that resemble sharp fins.

• 
• - the formation that is left behind when the area around a hardened magma chamber is exposed.

• 1. broad flat topped hills

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Label these erosional mountains:

a

b

c

monadnock

butte

pinnacle

mesa

dome

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When sediment is built up on land they form ___ mountains (and other landforms).

• depositional

• erosional

• volcanic

• galactic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Examples of depositional mountains include:

• glaciers

• sand dunes

• volcanoes

• fault block

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4. Volcanoes are __ mountains.

• depositional

• tectonic

• erosional

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

​ (a)   crush the rock it passes over producing ​ (b)   –this deposit of rocks, pebbles, and finely ground dirt can form ​ (c)   (small, long hills).

• glacial till
• moraines
• volcanoes
• glaciers
• monadnocks