Weathering and Erosion Practice

Another word for a large stream.

• ocean

• river

• lake

• creek

A channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope.

• creek

• ocean

• lake

• stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A large groove, or channel, in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm.

• gully

• rill

• river

• sill

Tiny grooves in the soil formed by runoff.

• sills

• rills

• gullies

• streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.

• deposition

• sediment

• erosion

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Type of mass movement where rock and soil move very slowly downhill.

• landslide

• slump

• creep

• mudflow

Type of mass movement where a mass of rock and soil suddenly slips down a slope.

• slump

• landslide

• creep

• clump

Type of mass movement where there is a rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock and soil.

• landslide

• slump

• lava flow

• mud flow

Type of mass movement in which rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope.

• mud flow

• creep

• landslide

• slump

Any of several processes that move sediment downhill.

• sedimentation

• erosion

• deposition

• mass movement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2