Vocabulary Book #19

A physical process that smooths rocks scrape against each other.

• Abrasion

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sunlight

The process of breaking down rock through chemical changes such as oxidation, carbonation, and hydrolysis.

• Physical Weathering

• Earth's Crust

• Chemical Weathering

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which water that collected in cracks of rocks freezes and expands, breaking the rocks into smaller pieces.

• Oxidation

• Glacier

• Acid breakdown

• Ice Wedging

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A chemical process that occurs when materials combine with oxygen to produce a new substance.

• Oxidation

• Formation

• Carbonation

• Shears

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The process of breaking down rock through physical changes by water, plants, animals, and gravity.

• Chemical Change

• Weathering

• Catalyst

• Physical Change

A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change.

• Catalyst

• Weathering

• Carbonation

• Oxide

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

A colorless, odorless gas found in our atmosphere.

• Gravity

• Carbon Dioxide

• Abrasion

• Weathering

The universal force of attraction acting between all matter.

• Matter

• Gravity

• Pressure

• Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The measure of hotness or coldness expressed in terms of any of several scales, including Fahrenheit and Celsius.

• Weather

• Physical Change

• Pressure

• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Solids, liquids, gases and plasma.

• Gravity

• Chemical Change

• States of Matter

• Catalyst

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4