✍️ Short Response — Use Evidence
Choose one landform from the unit and explain how at least two Earth processes shaped it. Use evidence and include whether the change was fast, slow, or both.
✂️ PARENT ANSWER KEY — Detach before giving worksheet to students
Parent note: Student wording may vary if the Earth Science reasoning is correct.
Multiple-Choice Answer Key
- Weathering is breaking rock at the surface.
- Erosion is movement of weathered material.
- Deposition is when moved sediment is dropped and settles.
- Maps and models help show patterns and support explanations.
- Weathering and erosion can happen gradually over long times.
- Sediment collecting in a new place is evidence of deposition.
- Strong evidence includes specific observations, map clues, or model results.
- Timescale matters because landforms can change quickly or slowly.
Short Response — What Success Looks Like
- Student names at least two Earth processes connected to the landform.
- Student uses evidence rather than unsupported guesses.
- Student includes reasoning about cause/effect and timescale.
Short Response — Sample Acceptable Answer
The riverbank likely changed through weathering, erosion, and deposition. Water weathered and loosened material, moving water carried sediment downhill, and some sediment settled where the water slowed. This was mostly gradual change, though storms may have sped it up.
