WEATHERING, EROSION AND DEPOSITION

_____________________ happens when rocks on Earth's surface break apart or change without moving anywhere.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

_____________________ is the movement of soil and rock by wind, water, ice, and gravity.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

_______________ moves material from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

What is weathering?

• occurs when the eroded materials are dropped or laid down

• fragments of weathering rocks

• the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical process

• the process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

the movement of sediment from one place to another

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

when sediment is dropped/left somewhere else

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Rain WASHING AWAY soil from a hillside

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

DELTAS forming at the mouths of rivers

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The dropping off and settling of sediments to the bottom of a lake or river is called

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2