EARTH SCIENCE VOCAB 1

What is the process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces over time?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Wave Erosion

What is the movement of rocks and soil by wind, water, ice or gravity?

• Weathering

• Wave Erosion

• Erosion

• Deposition

What is the dropping or settling of eroded material in a new location?

• Wave Erosion

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

What is the process of rocks and land getting worn away by the power of ocean waves?

• Weathering

• Wave Erosion

• Erosion

• Deposition

What is the carrying away of soil and sand by the wind?

• Mass Movement

• Glacial Erosion

• Stream Velocity

• Wind Erosion

What is the shaping of the landscape by moving glaciers, which scrape and carry rocks?

• Stream Velocity

• Mass Movement

• Glacial Erosion

• Wind Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the process of rocks and soil moving downhill due to gravity?

• Mass Movement

• Glacial Erosion

• Stream Velocity

• Wind Erosion

What is the speed at which water flows in a stream or river?

• Mass Movement

• Wind Erosion

• Glacial Erosion

• Stream Velocity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is water that flows in a curvy, bendy path, like a snake?

• Meandering River

• Longshore Current

• Cut Bank

• Point Bar

What is the ocean current that travels parallel to shore?

• Point Bar

• Cut Bank

• Longshore Current

• Meandering River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6