Rocks Weathering and Erosion

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Science
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5th Grade
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Hard
+4
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is weathering?
When rocks are broken down into small grains and soil by wind and/or water over time.
Things are eroded by natural disasters
When rocks are being broken down by the sun.
When soil is being eroded by the sun.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
Erosion
Landslide
Weathering
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?
Weathering
Erosion
Glaciers
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The process of slowly breaking rocks into smaller pieces is called
weathering
erosion
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
5.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
This image shows water expanding as it freezes in cracks in rock. This is known as ice wedging. It is a (a) force and a form of (b) weathering and erosion.
destructive
mechanical
chemical
constructive
water
liquid
6.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
(a) the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
weathering
uplift
rock formation
metamorphic rock
Tags
ESS2.A
ESS2.C
ESS3.A
ESS3.C
7.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the arrow(s) that represent WEATHERING AND EROSION.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
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