Water & Land

How does rushing water act to form a canyon?

Select TWO (2) correct answers.

• Water breaks rocks into tiny pieces.

• Water joins pieces of rock together.

• Water carries away pieces of rock.

• Water makes rocks cool and wet.

• Water lifts rocks to high places.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a trench or small valley in the soil that was carved by water

• canyon

• gully

• swimming pool

• lake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Match the kind of moving water to the landform it can create.

• seeping rainwater

• wide mountain valley

• river

• limestone cave

• ocean waves

• canyon or gully

• glacier

• sea stacks and sea arches

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a landform with steep rock walls, often with a river at the bottom

• gully

• canyon

• boulder

• ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Water causes ALL changes to land.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2