Big 20 3B Vocabulary

The movement and spreading of weathered rock downhill by wind, water, or ice

• Weathering
• Deposition
• Erosion
• Sedimentation

A body of water formed when water soaks into the ground until it hits bedrock then begins to build up towards the surface

• Spring
• Aquifer

• Lake
• Reservoir

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area of high elevation that funnels runoff towards a river

• Plateau
• Valley
• Canyon
• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process of eroded sediments dropping and settling in a new location

• Erosion
• Sedimentation
• Weathering
• Deposition

The mouth of a river formed by fine bits of sediments where the river meets the ocean

• Delta
• Cove
• Estuary
• Inlet

A sedimentary rock made of fine-grained sediment that readily absorb water, making them easy to erode

• granite
• basalt
• limestone
• sandstone

A region of Georgia characterized by thick soil rich in clay with increasing topography forming mountains

• Coastal Plain of Georgia
• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Appalachian Plateau
• Piedmont region of Georgia

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A feature of water that allows it to expand when frozen, causing cracks in rocks and sediments to expand up to 10%

• iceberg

• freeze-thaw

• glacier

• avalanche

A sedimentary rock made of calcium carbonate that is soft and fragile; extremely vulnerable to weathering and erosion

• Granite
• Marble
• limestone

• slate

Georgia’s ancient coastline that once connected the cities of Columbus, Macon, Milledgeville, and Augusta

• Fall line

• river route

• The cities of Atlanta and Savannah.
• The coastline of South Carolina.