Landforms & Oceans Vocabulary #1

An area of land where all of the water that is under it, or drains off of it collects into the same place (ex. a river or lake)

• landslide

• fault

• watershed

• landform

Matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on land or water

• weathering

• sediment

• erosion

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Any natural formation of rock and dirt, found on Earth’s surface

• landform

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• constructive

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Process that breaks down rocks at or near the surface of the earth

• landslide

• sediment

• erosion

• weathering

The changing of materials in a rock by chemical processes

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• floods

• erosion

A break in the Earth’s surface

• landslide

• deposition

• constructive

• fault

The breaking of rock into smaller pieces by gravity, ice, plants roots, or other factors

• physical weathering

• earthquake

• erosion

• flood

Mass movement of land due to gravity

• watershed

• earthquake

• flood

• landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The dropping or depositing of sediments by water, wind, or ice

• deposition

• erosion

• hurricane

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A very large wave caused by earthquakes and volcanoes on the ocean floor

• hurricane

• tsunami

• flood

• drainage basin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2