Landscapes and Glaciers Earth Science

The map below represents a river as it enters a lake. 
At which locations is the amount of deposition greater than the amount of erosion?

• A,C and E
• B, D and F
• B, C, and F
• A, D and E

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The diagram below shows a section of a meander in a stream. The arrow shows the direction of stream flow. The stream bank on the outside of this meander is steeper than than the stream bank on the inside of this meander because the water on the outside of the meander is moving

• Slower, causing deposition
• Faster, causing deposition
• Slower, causing erosion
• Faster, causing erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which points in the river will have the greatest erosion?

• A and B

• B and C

• A and D

• B and D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The map below shows the top view of a meandering stream as it enters a lake. At which points along the stream are erosion and deposition dominant?

• Erosion is dominant at A and D, and deposition is dominant at B and C.

• Erosion is dominant at B and C, and deposition is dominant at A and D.

• Erosion is dominant at A and C, and deposition is dominant at B and D.

• Erosion is dominant at B and D, and deposition is dominant at A and C.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The diagram below shows a meandering stream flowing across nearly flat topography and over loose sediments. If arrow length represents stream velocity, which diagram best shows the relative stream velocities in this section of the stream?

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_____ are are lines deposited at bottom or along sides of glaciers.

• Eskers
• Till
• Erratics
• Moraines

_____ is the unsorted material that is deposited directly by ice.

• Outwash
• Till
• Erratic
• Esker

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_____ are enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers, often far from their source region.

• Till
• Erratics
• Moraines
• Fjords

A _____ is a meandering narrow ridge formed when water, flowing in a tunnel underneath a melting glacier, deposited sediment

• erratic
• moraine
• esker
• fjords

What letter of the alphabet does a glacial valley most closely resemble?

• U
• V
• W
• X