Weathering Erosion Deposition Vocabulary

the movement of particles away from their source

• deposition

• erosion

the breaking down of the surface of rock, soil and minerals into smaller pieces

• runoff

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

when soil and rocks are dropped off somewhere different than where they started

• sinkhole

• deposition

frozen water responsible for the motion of rocks and for carving out the land

• ice cubes

• glaciers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

overland rivers and streams responsible for moving rock and soil

• erosion

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

very destructive phase change of water

• glacier

• freezing

this is caused by underground weathering and erosion

• sinkholes

• volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

sand settling on the beach after waves dropped it there

• deposition

• sinkhole

tiny pieces of rocks

• sediment

• glacier

acid rain causes

• chemical weathering

• cold weathering

• no weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2