4th Grade Science - 4-ESS2-1 - Measuring Earth’s Changing Surface
6 Questions
Students observe two hills, Hill X and Hill Y. After a week of strong winds, they notice more soil has blown away from Hill Y than from Hill X.
PART A: A student places a small rock outside in a bowl where it gets rained on during the day and freezes at night.
PART B: A student places a small rock outside in a bowl where it gets rained on during the day and freezes at night.
Glaciers are huge moving sheets of ice. Over many years, they can slowly change the shape of the land.
Students are building two models—one to show erosion by wind and one to show erosion by a river. They are given a set of materials.
Scientists placed erosion pins into the side of a hill near a river to measure how much soil has eroded over time.
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