Earth Science Chapter 4

Process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity moves weathered rock and soil.

• Backshore

• Erosion

• Corona

• Bajada

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The grinding away of rock by other rock particles.

• Abrasion

• Calcium

• Basalt

• Cider

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A form of chemical weathering caused by burning fossil fuels.

• Bar

• Basins

• Acid Rain

• Periodic Table

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.

• Cherry

• Budlight

• Dew

• Chemical Weathering

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.

• Deposition

• Discharge

• Cutoff

• Pipes

Type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.

• Folds

• Mechanical Weathering

• Nebulae

• Model

Wind erosion that removes surface materials.

• Deflation

• Light

• Ice Age

• Hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over land.

• Nuetrons

• Ocean Floor

• Plankton

• Plucking Action

The chemical and physical processes that break down rocks.

• Resources

• Weathering

• Sapphire

• Rock Cycle

The sediments deposited by a glacier.

• Quartz

• Zinc

• Volcanic Ash

• Till