Landforms vocab F&C

The process by which weathered & eroded material is deposited by water, wind & ice.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A physical structure on Earth that occurs naturally.

• landform

• rapid change

• slow change

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Tiny pieces of rock & other organic material.

• landform

• rapid change

• slow change

• sediment

The movement of weathered material by water, wind & ice.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• transportation

The process by which exposed rock is broken down by wind, water, ice or other elements of weather.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• destruction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An event that quickly changes the way the earth’s surface looks.

• landform

• rapid change

• slow change

• glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A change to earth’s surface that take thousands of years.

• landform

• rapid change

• slow change

• earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which dead plants and animals decay or rot.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Low-lying, triangle-shaped areas, located at the mouth of rivers.

• deltas

• dunes

• glaciers

• plateaus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Slow moving huge bodies of ice.

• deltas

• dunes

• glaciers

• plateaus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2