Changing Earth

The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...

• sediment

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition 

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unsorted rock material deposited directly by ice as it melts

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

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Look at the picture and choose the best answer that explains why there is a groove in the ground?

• Children playing on the ground

• Wind made the groove as it blew around the building.

• Water made it as it fell on the building and surrounding area.

• Animals made the groove by digging for food.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How can you make the groove from getting bigger?

• Use a sandbag barrier

• Reinforce ground with netting

• Put up a sea wall

• all of the above

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How can the shape of a mountain change in the springtime?

• It flattens slightly because of erosion.

• Snow turns to water runoff.

• Melting snow may form rivers and streams.

• All of the above.

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How does erosion happen?

• usually slowly over time.

• quickly like a volcano.

• quickly like an earthquake.

• doesn't ever happen.

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What landform is this?

• plain

• ocean

• mountain

• valley

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What landform is this?

• mountain

• valley

• hill

• plain

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What landform is this?

• plateau

• hill

• valley

• mountain

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What happens to ice and snow on a mountain when the temperature warms up?

• The snow will turn to ice.

• The snow will melt.

• The snow will stay the same.

• The snow will form a glacier.

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