Weathering/Erosion Vocabulary

the process of glaciers scraping along rock and smoothing their surfaces

• frost-wedging

• abrasion

• spelunker

• thermal stress

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

 rock foundation

• carbonation

• erosion

• bedrock  

• splash erosion

the mixture of carbon dioxide and water

• carbination

• ice thrusting

• erosion

• abrasion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

the transportation of weathered rock pieces called sediments

• Frost-Wedging

• Spelunker

• Thermal Stress

• Erosion

  a type of weathering that occurs when water enters the cracks in rocks, freezes and melts continuously, and breaks rocks apart over time

• Thermal Stress

• Frost-Wedging

• Carbination

• Bedrock

 the process of glaciers freezing to bedrock and taking layers of sediment

• Abrasion

• Erosion

• Ice Thrusting

• Splash Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a person who explores caves

• Spelunker

• Bedrock

• Abrasion

• Erosion

a specific type of water erosion that occurs when a single raindrop causes soil to “jump” and creates a small crater

• Ice Thrusting

• Abrasion

• Erosion

• Splash Erosion

the process of weathering that occurs when rocks heat up, expand, cool off, and contract, which often splinters or even fragments rocks

• Carbination

• Bedrock

• Frost-Wedging

• Thermal Stress