Erosion

What causes landslides, when a mass of earth slides down a mountain or cliff?

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What causes sand dunes, hills made of sand?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What causes mudflows, an avalanche of mud?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What causes wave rock, a natural rock formation that is shaped like a tall wave?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What causes sediments to go from angular and poorly sorted to rounded and smoothly sorted?

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What causes plucking, when melted glacier water seeps into rock cracks then refreezes, breaking up rocks?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What moves sediment all the way from high mountain valleys to river deltas by the ocean?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What causes abrasion, when rock fragments beneath a glacier scrape and grind against rock, breaking that rock up?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What causes longshore drift, when waves move sediment along a shoreline?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What causes cliffs and wave platforms by the sea?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2