Unit 5: Earth's Systems

The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

• rock cycle

• water cycle

• plant cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

A principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes

• law of high school

• law of middle school

• Uniformitarianism

Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water.

• dirty rain

• acid rain

• oxygen rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

• erosion

the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

• manual weathering

A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron oxidizes, forming rust

• oxidation

• evaporation

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

the series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock

• water cycle

• life cycle

• rock cycle