Weathering and Erosion

The process by which gravity, water, wind, and ice

deposit weathered and relocated sediment

• Deposition

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Rock Cycle

Erosion is the process by which gravity, water, wind, and ice remove and transport sediment from one place to

another

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Earth’s surface that shows evidence of the natural

processes of weathering and the removal and

relocation of weathered materials

• Geoscience Feature

• Rock Feature

• Erosional Features

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Geoscience Process is any natural process that happens to Earth’s surface, such as

• making pizza

• people hiking up mountains

• hugging a tree

• weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sediment: Earth material that is broken down by processes

of weathering; can be eroded and deposited by

the agents of (select all that apply).

• Water

• Wind

• Ice

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Surface Feature: Distinctive part, quality, or characteristic of Earth’s ____ layer

• inner

• outer

Underground Formations: Areas of Earth that form caverns, which are typically made of ____.

• salt

• quartz

• limestone

• iron

Weathering is the ___ or ___ processes by which gravity, water, wind, and ice break rocks into

smaller pieces

• mechanical or chemical

• fire or ice

• erosion or weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4