The process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth's surface

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When water seeps into cracks in rocks and then freezes with falling temperatures, the ice expands, and forces the rock to break into smaller pieces

• ice-wedging

• abrasion

• animal actions

• water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the loose, weathered material on Earth's surface

• sand

• rock particles

• soil

• mud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process in which sediment is laid down in new locations

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

The type of weathering where rock is physically broken into smaller pieces

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

The grinding away of rocks by rock particles carried by wind, water, ice, or gravity

• sandblasting

• abrasion

• grinding

• friction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another

• deposition

• mass movement

• erosion

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

rain consisting of water droplets that are acidic due to the polluted atmosphere

• ground water

• acid rain

• hail

• rain

any one of the several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill

• mass movement

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the materials moved by erosion (consists of rock particles)

• soil

• sand

• clay

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2