Landforms and Natural Disasters

Weathering is....

• moving water from one place to another

• the process of breaking down rocks

• clouds in the sky

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Erosion is...

• another word for soil

• dirt and rocks falling apart

• the movement of sediment from one location to another.

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Deposition is...

• water moving away from land creating a beach

• when sediment is dropped in a new location.

• when a lawyer interviews someone in court

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Which picture is a CANYON?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which picture is a DELTA?

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Which picture is a SAND DUNE?

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Which picture is a U-SHAPED VALLEY?

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What is a U-Shaped Valley?

• Formed by weathering and erosion from a glacier (river of ice)

• Formed by wind deposition of sand

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What is a Sand Dune?

• Formed by weathering and erosion by a river

• Formed by wind deposition of sand

What is a Canyon?

• Formed by weathering and erosion by a river

• Formed by weathering and erosion from a glacier (river of ice)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2