Earth Surface/Erosion Vocabulary

the breaking down of rock on Earth's surface

• deposition

• weathering

• sediment

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a natural structure on Earth's surface

• landform

• canyon

• earthquake

• canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the shaking of Earth's crust

• landslide

• glacier

• sediment

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the movement of sediments

• weathering

• deposition

• erosion

• glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a vent in the Earth's crust through which lava, steam, and ashes are expelled

• volcano

• landslide

• delta

• sand dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

small piece of weathered rock

• boulder

• glacier

• sediment

• delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a steep valley formed by weathering and erosion usually by water

• valley

• canyon

• delta

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the dropping off of sediments in a new place

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• boulder

a huge piece of ice

• boulder

• delta

• volcano

• glacier

the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a

mountain or cliff

• earthquake

• landform

• landslide

• delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2