Landforms, Weathering, and Erosion

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A piece of land surrounded by water.

• Island
• Peninsula
• Gulf

What is weathering?

• A type of climate
• A transport of sediment
• The breakdown of rock
• The aging of rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How does a delta form?

• a river slowing down
• it's just a river that empties into an ocean or lake
• the current of the river speeds up at the mouth causing sediment to wash away
• the current of the river slows down causing sediment to deposit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What continues to shape canyons?

• fast moving water
• slow moving water
• rocks weathering
• rocks eroding

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4