Unit 8 vocabulary review

Chemical or physical surface processes that work to break down rock

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Carbonation (caves), oxidation (rust), lichen on rocks (plan acids) are all examples of what

• deposition

• mechanical weathering

• erosion

• chemical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process in which surface materials are worn away and transported from one place to another is called what

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

abrasion (fast moving wind or water knocking off pieces of rock), high temperatures, plant roots, and ice wedging are all examples of what?

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• deposition

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the dropping of sediments that occurred by erosion

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• precipitation

an area of land that water flows over and through on its way to a larger body of water is called what

• erosion

• delta

• permeable rock

• watershed

rock or soil that does have connecting pores that allow groundwater to flow through it

• permeable rock

• impermeable rock

• delta

• watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the area of soil and sediment deposited at the end of a river before it goes into the ocean is called what

• impermeable rock

• delta

• watershed

• precipitation

rock or soil that does NOT have connecting pores, does NOT allow groundwater to flow through

• watershed

• permeable rock

• impermeable rock

• delta

What ecoregion do we live in?

• gulf coast

• piney woods

• panhandle plains

• prairies & lakes