WED Word Association

Breaking down

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Answer explanation

Weathering is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces called sediments.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Movement

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Answer explanation

Erosion is the movement of sediments via water, wind, waves, gravity, glaciers, or human activity.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Settling

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Answer explanation

Deposition is the stopping and settling of sediments. Overtime this will create new landforms.

River Delta

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sand dunes

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Barrier Islands

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Answer explanation

Barrier islands are created by many hundreds of years of deposition from WAVE erosion.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Beaches

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Answer explanation

Beaches are created by the deposition of sediments from WAVE EROSION.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Landslide

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Answer explanation

Landslide can refer to event of the land actually moving (erosion) as well as the formation that is left over afterward (deposition)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Sediments

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Answer explanation

Sediments are involved with all steps of WED.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Wind

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Answer explanation

Wind is the weakest of the agents of Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6