Changing Land

The breakdown of solid materials into very small

particles by water, air, and natural events

• Vegetation

• Erosion

• Soil

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The gradual wearing down by wind, water, air, and natural events

• Weathering

• Gravity

• Erosion

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A force that causes objects with mass to attract each other

• Vegitation

• Gravity

• Erosion

• Sediments

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)

• Soil

• Gravity

• Vegetation

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Sand or small pieces of rock broken down by

weathering and deposited on the land or at the bottom of a body of water

• Gravity

• Soil

• Sediments

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

All the plants found in a particular area

• Soil

• Vegetation

• Erosion

• Sediments

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What will this look like after wind blows over a dune?

• Sand will be moved to a new location and be deposited

• The wind will cause a rainstorm

• The sand will stay in place

• The wind will create a sandstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What will it look like when water drips on a rock?

• Over time it will create a river

• Over time it will look like a lake

• Over time it will make the rock smooth where it is dripping

• Over time it will turn the rock to sand

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What will it look like when Ocean waves crash against rocks?

• Over time the rocks will get larger

• Over time the waves will stop

• Over time the waves will get larger

• Over time the rocks will erode and get smaller

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is Rainfall?

• Smallest pieces of something

• a snow storm

• the amount of precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6