Earth's features

area where waves and moving water deposit sand and other worn down materials that mix in the sand

• beaches

• deposition

• erosion

• lakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

natural tunnel or open space in underground rock form when water erodes or dissolves section of rock

• caves

• erosion

• landforms

• sinkhole

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice. Sediment can be transported as pebbles, sand and mud or as salts dissolved in water

• deposition

• erosion

• sinkhole

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process of transporting and wearing away rocks or soil as loose particles are moved by water, wind, ice, or gravity

• erosion

• glaciers

• beaches

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

very large sheets of frozen water that sit on top of land

made of fresh water

they can move over land and pick up rock and earth to move with it

it can move across land due to weight and gravity.

• glaciers

• tectonic movement

• sinkhole

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

large bodies of water (lentic/layers of water)

usually contain freshwater and can be formed in several ways by damming a river or melting of glaciers after eroding the land into hollows and leaving pools of water

• lake

• rivers

• weathering

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

physical features of the earth that are constantly changing through processes over time

• landforms

• tectonic movement

• sediment

• peninsulas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

formed by the collision of tectonic plates

• mountains

• sediment

• sinkhole

• caves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

piece of land that juts out into a body of water

surrounded by water on three sides (they are connected to a larger piece of land)

• peninsulas

• sediment

• sinkhole

• beaches

lotic or flowing water formed by gravity

they can travel north, south, east or west because elevation and gravity

• river

• sinkhole

• weathering

• glaciers