Landforms

Landslides are caused by _________________.

• loose rocks and a lot of rain

• a slope less than 35 degrees

• planting trees

• boulders

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

True or False - Landslides are most likely to occur when the hill is really steep.

• True

• False

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth’s surface

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2