Earth and Its Changing Features

If a fern fossil is found in a rock layer lower than a fossil of a small fish, the fern is probably ________.

• older

• younger

• the same age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is weathering?

• Breaking down sediment

• Moving sediment

• Dropping sediment

What is erosion?

• Breaking down sediment

• Moving sediment

• Dropping sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is deposition?

• Breaking down sediment

• Moving sediment

• Dropping sediment

Which process is the breaking up of rock into smaller pieces?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• cementing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which rock layer is the youngest?

• L

• M

• N

• P

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

An opening in Earth's surface from which lava flows.

• mountain

• plateau

• volcano

• island

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place.

• makes the rocks last longer.

• expands cracks and breaks rocks.

• causes rocks to fall in landslides.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A cliff formed near the ocean. Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?

• Warm air melted the rock.

• Sun rays evaporated the rock.

• Ocean waves washed away rock.

• Plant roots pushed away the rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

• A glacier

• An iceberg

• An ice wedge

• A sand dune

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2