Landform vocab

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Breaking down of rock is

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weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Movement of weathered rock

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erosion

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Dropping of eroded rock

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deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Geologic processes today also operated in the past.

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uniformitarianism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Type of weathering that breaks rock into smaller pieces.

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mechanical

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Process breaking down rock via chemical changes

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chemical weathering

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Sheets of ice that move slowly over land

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Glacier

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Sediment at a river's mouth

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delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Ridge of rock and soil from a melted glacier

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moraine

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Hill of sand deposited by wind

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Dune