Crash Course Kids Weathering and Erosion

The process by which rocks and other surfaces are broken down.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which rocks, soil, and other weathered earth materials are moved from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

A glacier sliding down a hill.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Rain washing away soil from a hillside.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rock apart.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A glacier breaking off pieces of rock in its path.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Gravity pulling a rock down a hill.

• Weathering

• Erosion

The freezing and thawing of water cracking pieces off a rock.

• Physical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Erosion

• Biological Weathering

Raindrops on a rock, eventually wearing it down.

• Physical Weathering

• Erosion

• Biological Weathering

• Chemical Weathering