Earth Lessons 3 and 4 - Vocabulary only

What is a large body of rocky materials that are deposited at the edge of a glacier called?

• deposition

• erosion

• moraine

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A _____________ is a sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope or mountainside.

• erosion

• weathering

• landslide

• deposition

The movement of weathered rock is _____________.

• erosion

• weathering

• moraine

• deposition

The dropping off of weathered rock is called ______________.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• avalanche

A large, sudden movement of ice and snow down a hill or mountain is called a(n) ________________.

• erosion

• landslide

• moraine

• avalanche

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

________________ is the breaking down of rock and soil into smaller pieces.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Landslide

A _________ is a column of spinning air that can cause a massive amount of damage during severe thunderstorms.

• hurricane

• flood

• tornado

• moraine

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A ____________ is a very large, swirling storm that forms over the ocean.

• flood

• tornado

• moraine

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A _________ is an overflow of water onto land that is usually dry.

• flood

• tornado

• hurricane

• avalanche

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2