Erosion

When weathered material moves from one location to another

• Deposition
• Sedimentation
• Weathering
• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When wind, water, or ice drops sediment and rocks in a new location

• Sedimentation
• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When gravity is the primary force that moves rocks and sediment

• Mass wasting/Mass Movement

• Erosion
• Weathering
• Sedimentation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This happens as gravity slowly pulls soil down the slope of the hill

• soil creep

• earth flow

• mudflow

• rockslide

When gravity pulls rocks and sediment on the sides of hills downward

• Rockslide

• Avalanche

• Mudflow

• Earth Flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The sediment that a stream carries is called

• debris
• current
• load
• flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area of sediment at the mouth of a river is called

• fjord
• delta
• cove
• estuary

When wind blows small, loose particles such as clay and silt

• Dust storm

• deflation

• Sandstorm

• moraines

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When wind blows, picks up loose sediment, and carries it away, the process of _____________ takes place

• sedimentation
• deflation

• compaction
• deposition

Where there are weaknesses in the bedrock, a glacier can pull a huge piece of bedrock loose and carry it along a process called

• glacial erosion
• glacial deposition
• glacial plucking
• glacial abrasion