Earth Science Unit 4

A rock getting damaged by wind, water, or natural forces

• Erosion

• Friction

• Viscosity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A force that prevents movement

• Erosion

• Friction

• Viscosity

How easily a liquid flows

• Erosion

• Friction

• Viscosity

The youngest layers of rock are on the top of the rock

• The law of superposition

• Half-life

• Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The same processes that formed Earth continue to change Earth

• The law of superposition

• Half-life

• Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The time it takes half a rock's atoms to decay

• The law of superposition

• Half-life

• Uniformitarianism

Earthquake waves that travel on the surface of Earth

• Focus waves

• Surface waves

• Body waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Earthquake waves that travel under the ground

• Focus waves

• Surface waves

• Body waves

Rocks that are formed by melting and cooling

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Rocks that are formed by erosion and cementation

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous