Weathering and Erosion Vocab

weathering

• the breaking down of rocks into sediments

• rain, snow, hail, or hurricanes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

chemical erosion

• when the minerals in a rock are changed, causing the rock to break down

• when bigger rocks are broken down into smaller rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

deposition

• the wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or glaciers

• the laying down of sediments carried by wind, water, or ice

erosion

• the wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or glaciers

• the breaking down of rocks into sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

physical weathering

• when bigger rocks are broken down into smaller rocks

• when the minerals in a rock are changed, causing the rock to break down

sediment

• the laying down of sediments carried by wind, water, or ice

• bits of broken rock that are carried by wind, water, or glaciers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A glacier is a moving mass of ice and snow on land.

• True

• False

Small, broken down pieces of rock are called?

• Sedimentary rock

• Sediment

• Smaller rocks

• Crumbs

• Landslide
• Avalanche 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

• Flood 
• Mudslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2