7.8ABC Impacts on Earth's Systems

Extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes; classified 

by the extent and intensity of their 

impact on the ecosystem.

• evacuation

• catastrophic events

• severe weather

• alarm weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them

• community

• species

• biosphere

• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A large tropical weather system consisting of an extremely low-pressure air mass with heavy rains and wind speeds of at least 119 km/h

• tsunami

• tidal wave

• hurricane

• tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A rising body of water that submerges normally dry land

• flood

• tsunami

• tidal wave

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground with wind speeds between 40 and 318 miles per hour (mph)

• tsunami

• tidal wave

• hurricane

• tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The process by which gravity, water, wind, and ice deposit weathered and relocated sediment

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

• land slide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A relatively large area that is characterized by distinctive plant and animal communities, climate, and ecological features

• watershed

• ecoregion

• water table

• erosion

The process by which gravity, water, wind, and ice remove and transport sediment from one place to another

• watershed

• ecoregion

• water table

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Earth material that is broken down by processes of weathering; can be eroded and deposited by the agents of water, wind, ice, and gravity

• deposition

• ecoregion

• sediment

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Pollutants introduced into surface water or groundwater that are without a specific source location, such as water flowing over a lawn that has been fertilized and then into a drain

• nonpoint source water pollution

• groundwater

• point source water pollution

• watershed