Earth's Surface Systems vocab part 1

The geologic principle that the same geologic processes that operate today operated in the past to change Earth’ surface

• Uniformitarianism

• erosion

• soil

• humus

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

• uniformitarianism

• erosion

• soil

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• uniformitarianism

• humus

The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• humus

The loose, weathered material on Earth’s surface in which plants can grow

• erosion

• deposition

• soil

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Dark-colored organic material in soil

• erosion

• deposition

• delta

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organism: earth materials deposited by erosion

• humus

• soil

• sediment

• delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations

• erosion

• deposition

• deflation

• loess

Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill

• mass movement

• deflation

• sand dune

• loess

The process by which wind removes surface materials

• deposition

• mass movement

• deflation

• erosion