Shaping Earth's Surface

The process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces.

• glacier

• weathering

• deposition

Loose rock and soil, moving downhill because of gravity.

• landslide

• weathering

• river of rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Small pieces of sand, rock and dead plant material that sinks to the bottom.

• acid rain

• dust

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A fan-shaped piece of land at the mouth of a river that is formed from sad deposits.

• delta

• floodplain

• fence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

It can weather away stone and metal when it falls from the sky.

• rain

• acid rain

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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A flat area along a riverbank. Rivers deposit sediment here during too much rain.

• floodplain

• fence

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A huge mass of ice that weathers the rocks beneath it as it flows over it.

• weathering

• glacier

• river

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is weathering?

• The removal and transport of weathered material

• The physical and chemical processes that change objects on Earth’s surface over time

• A large deposit of sediment

• A type of coastal erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a constructive force?

• A natural process that can destroy landforms

• Forces that build up an existing landform or create a new one

• The removal and transport of weathered material

• A type of chemical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the process called when water enters the cracks in a rock, freezes, expands, and eventually breaks the rock apart?

• Erosion

• Ice wedging

• Acid rain

• Surface area

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2