8th grade Science- Unit 2 - Lesson 1- Vocabulary

an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment

• sandbar

• beach

• floodplan

an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks

• shoreline

• deposition

• floodplain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a low ridge of san deposited along the shore of a lake or sea

• sandbar

• erosion

• delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the water that is beneath Earth's surface

• shoreline

• sandbar

• groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

• erosion

• delta

• beach

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream

• delta

• groundwater

• barrier island

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore

• floodplain

• barrier island

• alluvial fan

a fan shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply

• beach

• sandbar

• alluvial fan

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the boundary between land and a body of water

• shoreline

• delta

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-1

the process in which material is laid down

• sandbar

• beach

• deposition