Earth's Slow and Quick Changes!

The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

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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

What is: a shake in Earth's crust or outer layer?

• Earthquake

• Flood

• Landslide

• Volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A ____________ can happen when a lot of rain falls quickly.

• Earthquake

• Flood

• Landslide

• Volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is: an opening in Earth's surface where melted rock or gases are forced out?

• Earthquake

• Flood

• Landslide

• Volcano

What does the word erupt mean?

• Stay the same

• Change to something else

• Blows up

• Falls down

What effect might a flood have on a farm?

• A flood would provide more jobs for farms.

• A flood would not have an effect on a farm.

• A flood would make it easier for plants to grow.

• A flood would make it hard for plants to grow.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

During an earthquake, the land can bend and break.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What happens to the landscape around a volcano when it erupts?

• The soil and plants are covered by lava.

• The soil and plants grow faster.

• The soil and plants are covered by snow.

• The soil and plants grow slower.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Weathering is

• The movement of sediment from one location to another

• the breaking apart of larger rocks into smaller pieces called sediments

• the dropping or settling of sediment

• how clouds are formed