Unit 5 vocab review

loose, weathered material on earth's surface in which plants can grow

• weathering

• soil

• erosion

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil

• erosion

• soil

• humus

• chemical weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces

• erosion

• mechanical weathering

• soil

• chemical weathering

where agents of erosion deposit/laydown sediment

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• soil

process that breaks down rock through chemical changes

• soil

• erosion

• humus

• chemical weathering

Mass

• measure of the force of gravity of an object

• measure of the amount of matter a substance or object contains

• Measure of the mass of material in a given substance

• measure of how much space a substance or object takes up

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The force that two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other

• force

• net force

• friction

• element

plate boundary where plates are moving away from each other

• subduction

• mid-ocean ridge

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

An undersea mountain where new ocean floor is produced

• mid-ocean ridge

• ocean trench

• convergent boundary

• subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

anything that has mass and takes up space

• element

• substance

• matter

• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5