Weathering and Soil Vocabulary (Topic 6 Lesson 1, 6th grade)

A principle that states that the geologic processes that operate today also operated in the past

• unifromitarianism

• erosion

• mechanical weathering

• Chemical Weather

Involves the removal of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity

• weathering

• eriosion

• soil

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces

• Erosion

• Soil

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

A type of weathering that breaks down rocks through chemical changes

• Erosion

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• Hummus

Loose, weathered material on Earth's Surface in which plants grow

• Humus

• Soil

• uniformitarianism

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Dark Colored substance that forms as plant and animal remains decay

• soil

• chemicals

• weathering

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3