Scales of Change on Earth's Surface ~ Vocabulary

Weathering

• the physical or chemical breakdown of rock on Earth's surface

• Precipitation or rain

• The upward movement of large area of Earth's crust caused by forces deep beneath the surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

uniformitarianism

• wearing black and white uniforms

• working together

• the idea that any natural processes we can observe today happened in the same way in the past and will also happen in the same way in the future

uplift

• The upward movement of large areas of Earth's crust caused by forces deep beneath the surface

• the removal of rock material by wind, water, ice, or gravity

• lifting in an upward motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

deposition

• the accumulation of eroded rock material transported from another location

• the physical chemical breakdown of rock on Earth's surface

• the removal of rubbish

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Erosion

• upward motion

• the removal of rock material by wind, water, ice or gravity

• the physical or chemical breakdown of rock on Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4