Landforms: Changing Land 4.14 & 4.15

The breakdown of solid materials into very small

particles by water, air, and natural events

• Vegetation

• Erosion

• Soil

• Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is erosion?

• the force that pulls objects toward each other

• to drop

• the wearing away of rock

• the movement of rock and soil from one place to another

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a landform?

• to drop

• the wearing away of rock

• a natural feature of Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does deposit mean?

• to drop

• the wearing away of rock

• a natural feature of Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of these forces causes weathering and erosion?

• water

• ice

• wind

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What type of erosion caused the Grand Canyon?

• solid
• water
• ice
• clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• whooshing

What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• breaking

Which of these examples is deposition?

• wind blowing sand

• sand that was dropped on the beach by waves

• pebbles falling downhill due to gravity

• a tree root breaking a rock

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

This is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition