Weathering, Erosion, and deposition

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form moraines (deposition of debris)

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Flood waters moving soil from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the major cause of weathering and erosion?

• wind
• ice
• glaciers
• moving water

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...

• deposition
• erosion
• weathering
• faults

The process that breaks rocks apart without changing their chemical composition

• Chemical weathering

• Physical weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2