Earth Science

What is deposition?

• Large pieces of rocks are carried by by animals

• Rocks stay attached to cliffs, without moving.

• Small weathered material, like rocks and soil, that have built up on land forms.

What is the correct sequence?

• Deposition, Erosion, Weathering

• Weathering, Erosion, Depostion

• Erosion, Deposition, Weathering

• Erosion, Weathering, Deposition

Wind blowing rocks away is an example of....

• Weathering

• Erosion

This is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

This is the process of breaking rock into smaller pieces.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

This is the process of moving sediment from one place to another.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

All water eventually empties into

• an ocean

• a river

• the ground

• a lake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area of land that drains to a particular river, lake, bay, or other body of water.

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Divide

• Watershed

All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is this showing?

• groundwater

• watershed

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4