MI-STAR 7.2b Vocab

The breaking down of rocks and minerals on earth's surface. Often due to physical and chemical processes.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Transport

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The movement of earth material across the Earth's surface by water, wind, ice or gravity.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Transport

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Transport

• Weathering

A proces in which sediments, soil, and rock are added to a landform or land mass, like a beach or shoreline.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Transport

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Include the hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere

• Earth Material

• Earth Systems

• Surface Process

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Rocks and minerals that come from the Earth's lithosphere

• Earth Material

• Earth System

• Surface Process

• Transport

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Things that happen to the Earth's surface that cause changes, including weathering and transport.

• Earth Material

• Earth Systems

• Surface Process

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The parts of Earth that are water

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The layer of gas that surrounds the Earth.

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

The crust and solid outermost layer of the Earth, including rocks

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1