Chapter 14 Vocab

The process of breaking down rock and minerals. Weathering is caused by the suns energy, wind, running water, ice, chemical reactions and the actions of organisms.

• Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

steam that has many channels that criss cross each other

• Meander

• Braided Stream

• Cross Bedding

S shaped curves in a river

• Meanders

• Cross Bedding

• Direction of Younging

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Flat land along a river that tends to flood a flood plain is usually located at a distance from the headwaters of the river

• Flood Plain

• Braided Stream

• Meanders

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An event that occurs when soil particles become surrounded by water so that the ground slides or "slumps"

• Mudflow

• Slumping

• Meanders

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An event that occurs when a large amount of rock sediment plant material and water flows down a mountain

• Rockfall

• Mudflow

• Cross Bedding

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An event that results in large amount of rock splitting off of a landform

• Slumping

• Rockfall

• Landslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A large mass of soil or rock that slides down a volcano oe mountain landslides can be caused by volcanic events, earthquakes or other factors

• Rockfall

• Mudflow

• Landslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The downhill movement of large amounts of rock and sediment due to the force of gravity

• Direction of Younging

• Mass Wasting

• Cross Bedding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A pattern of alternating beds of sediment that often form as wind and water deposit the sediments

• Graded Bedding

• Cross bedding

• Mass Wasting