Earth & Space Weather Review

What valley has a round bottom floor, vertical sides, and piles of sediments left over when ice melted?

• U-shaped valley

• V-shaped valley

• delta

• sand dunes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Measuring rainfall over a 30 year period is an example of-

• climate because it is over a long period of time

• climate because it is the amount of rainfall

• weather because it is over a short period of time

• weather because it is measuring rainfall.

Which landform is formed by a fast moving river and has steep sides?

• U-shaped valley

• Canyon

• Delta

• Sand dunes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which land form is formed by wind?

• Delta

• U-shaped valley

• Canyon

• Sand dunes

Which land form is formed by a slow moving river that drop sediments as it enters a large body of water such as an ocean?

• Sand dunes

• Delta

• U-shaped valley

• Canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which landform forms by a river and also gets a lot of rain which cause its sloping sides?

• U-shaped valley

• Delta

• V-shaped valley

• Sand dunes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is missing below-

Weathering->erosion-> ? ->? -> cementation

• deposition then compaction

• compaction then deposition

• erosion and deposition

• compaction and cementation

When sediments are broken down it is called-

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

When sediments are moved from place to place by wind, water, or ice it is called-

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When sediments are dropped after moving then this process is called-

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction