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What is the dropping of sediment is called?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• transportation

What type of mass movement is it when solid rock and soil slide down a steep slope?

• landslides

• mudflows

• slumps

• creep

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What type of mass movement is a rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water,rock, and soil?

• landslide

• mudflow

• slump

• creep

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type mass movement involves a mass of rock and soil suddenly slipping down a slope, looking as if someone pulled the bottom out from under part of the slope.

• Landslides

• Mudflows

• slumps

• creep

What type of mass movement is the very slow downhill movement of rock and soil, which can cause vertical objects to tilt?

• landslides

• mudflows

• slumps

• creep

What is a windblown deposit of sand?

• loess

• dune

• meander

• delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is it called when wind, water, ice, or gravity causes rock to rub or scrape against exposed rock called?

• abrasion

• defation

• deposition

• permeable

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What process causes ALL mass movement?

• gravity

• water

• wind

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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As water moves over land, it picks up and carries sediment. This moving water is called what?

• tributary

• rill

• flood plain

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Tiny grooves in soil caused by runoff is called what?

• streams

• tributaries

• rills

• meanders

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2