2nd Grade NGSS Earth Science Review

Question 1

What is a glacier?

Accepted Answer

a slow moving sheet of ice

Question 2

Which best describes how water moves?

Accepted Answer

It runs downhill.

Question 3

Which of these changes to Earth's surface could you observe happening?

Accepted Answer

landslide

Question 4

Which is the smallest body of water?

Accepted Answer

a pond

Question 5

What is happening when Earth's surface moves and shakes?

Accepted Answer

An earthquake is occurring.

Question 6

How can people stop runoff from eroding soil?

Accepted Answer

build a rain garden

Question 7

What do rocks that have been weathered and eroded by moving water look like?

Accepted Answer

round and smooth

Question 8

When wind carries sediment that hits a rock, how is the wind changing the rock?

Accepted Answer

The wind is weathering the rock.

Question 9

Which of the following are most likely to be found on a physical map?

Accepted Answer

the location of rivers, lakes, and oceans

Question 10

Wind and water can remove rocks from a place. What is this process called?

Accepted Answer

erosion

Question 11

How does the water in a river usually move when the river reaches flatter ground?

Accepted Answer

It slows down.

Question 12

How could a newly formed gully running across a farm field be formed?

Accepted Answer

moving water

Question 13

Which of these is a SLOW change to the land?

Accepted Answer

water weathering a rock to make its surface smooth

Question 14

Which covers more of Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

the ocean

Question 15

Which will water change faster: A gorge or a beach?

Accepted Answer

Water will change a beach faster than a gorge.

Question 16

Wind can blow away soil needed for crops. What can a farmer do to block the wind?

Accepted Answer

plant a row of tall bushes

Question 17

What does a rock, that has had water running over it for hundreds years, feel like?

Accepted Answer

smooth

Question 18

A flood can change the shape of the land. Which of these structures can help control flooding?

Accepted Answer

a levee

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