Controlling Processes

The use of science to solve problems in life.

• technology

• biology

• geology

• chemistry

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Overflow of water onto dry land.

• levee

• lake

• flood

• dam

structure built across a river to control its flow.

• wall

• levee

• flood

• dam

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A raised bank of earth built along the edges of a river to PREVENT flooding.

• dam

• levee

• seawall

• bridge

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

the use of drains to PREVENT flooding during heavy rainstorms.

• storm drain management

• dam

• levee

• seawall

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

The process of adding sand to an eroded beach to rebuild it.

• levee

• dam

• seawall

• beach nourishment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A method of reducing erosion in which farmers plow across the sides of hills.

• contouring

• contour plowing

• mowing

• farming

A method of reducing erosion in which farmers plant crops on flat terraces cut into hillsides.

• seawall

• storm drain management

• terracing

• levee

These are built at right angles to the beach. They protect the beach by trapping sand that currents carry along the shore.

• seawall

• groin

• dam

• windbreak

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Thin, narrow walls built from the shoreline into the ocean.

• jetty

• seawall

• dam

• windbreak

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3