Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Review

The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transport soil, rocks, and sediments from one location to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The action in which sediments are dumped or dropped into a new location.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

A mudslide flowing down a steep hill

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Flood waters pounding against a canyon wall and wearing/breaking it down.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving (breaking down) underground limestone

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Glaciers dropped rock and sand to form terminal moraines (mounds).

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Muddy water being carried away by a fast moving river

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Ponds filling up with sediments because they have been deposited after heavy rains

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Sediments settling (stopping) at the base of a cliff

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition