Weathering and Erosion Review

What are small pieces of broken down rock?

• Canyons

• Sediments

• Salt

• Valleys

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

What are natural events that occur and change the Earth’s surface over hundreds to thousands of years (ex. weathering, erosion & deposition)?

• Agents of Change

• Fossils

• Rapid Changes

• Slow Changes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are natural events that occur and change the Earth’s surface within minutes, days, weeks, or months (ex. volcanic eruptions, flash floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, & tornadoes)?

• Agents of change

• Fossils

• Rapid changes

• Slow changes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are forces that change the Earth’s surface (ex. wind, water, ice, waves)?

• Agents of Change

• Fossils

• Rapid Changes

• Slow Changes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the breaking apart of larger rocks into smaller pieces?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Ice Wedging

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the movement of sediments from one location to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Superposition

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the dropping off of sediments as the motion of the wind or water slows or comes to a stop?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Slow Changes

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What occurs when water seeps into the cracks of rocks and freezes?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Ice wedging

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What forms as water slows or becomes stagnant, so that the sediment settles and builds up?

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What forms as fast-moving water slowly breaks down rock and carries away the sediments, carving out an area?

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2