Weathering (Physical/Chemical) & Erosion

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Weathering
• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
• bits of rock and sand caused by the weathering of rocks
• the top layer of the soil
• decaying plant or animal material 

the process by which layers or sheets of rock gradually break off

• exfoliation
• abrasion
• erosion
• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process of wearing down by friction - like sand blasting

• exfoliation

• abrasion

• erosion

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processes

• chemical weathering
• mechanical weathering
• erosion
• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Roots grow into cracks of a rock and pry them apart

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• erosion
• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

oxidation produces rust on some rocks containing iron

• chemical weathering
• mechanical weathering
• erosion
• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The name of the chemical reaction between a chemical compound and water

• leaching

• hydrolysis

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5