Changes to Land

Hills formed by the wind blowing sand

• Delta

• Sand Dunes

• Canyon

• Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A deep gorge in the surface of Earth formed by the erosion of moving water and sand

• Delta

• Sand dune

• Canyon

• Sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Quick

• Destructive

• Constructive

• Slow

• Rapid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process in which materials eroded by water, wind, or ice are dropped in a new place.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Landform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area between two mountains with rounded sloping walls; formed by glaciers

• U-shaped Valley

• V-shaped Valley

• Delta

• Canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A triangle-shaped (deposit) landform at the mouth of a river as it empties into another body of water.

• Delta

• Sand dune

• Canyon

• Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The movement of weathered materials on Earth's surface by wind, water, or ice.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Landform

An area between two mountains with steep walls; formed by a river.

• Delta

• Sand dune

• V-shaped Valley

• U-shaped Valley

Features on the surface of Earth such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, and rivers

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Landforms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When water seeps into tiny cracks of rocks, freezes, expands, and opens the cracks a little wider.

• Rapid

• Ice Wedging

• Landform

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2