Soil, Weathering, and Erosion Vocabulary Quiz #1 (1-11)

The material moved by erosion such as pieces of rock, soil, and/or remains of plants and animals.

• deposition

• sediment

• humus

• bedrock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Solid layer of rock beneath the soil and one of the main “ingredients” of soil.

• humus

• erosion

• soil

• bedrock

When sediments move downhill, examples include landslides, mudflows, slump and creep.

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

• Mass Movement

• Erosion

The process that breaks down rock and other substances on Earth’s surface.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Weathering that physically breaks down rocks into smaller pieces, examples include plant growth, release of pressure, freezing, thawing, abrasions, actions of animals.

• Mechanical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Mass Movement

• Deposition

Particles that come from weathered bedrock.

• Bedrock

• Clay, Silt or sand

• soil

• soil layers

.Loose, weathered material on Earth’s surface that supports plant growth which is made up of rock particles, minerals, decayed organic material (humus), water and air.

• Bedrock

• Soil

• Humus

• Clay

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The removal of rock particles by wind, water, ice or gravity.

• Erosion

• Sediment

• Bedrock

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where sediment settles or where erosion methods deposit particles.

• Sediment

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Humus

Decayed plants or other organisms found in soil.

• Bedrock

• Humus

• Erosion

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3