LandformsBrooke Ard5th Grade

Griggs Road Elementary

Weathering Vocabulary

• Chemical Weathering - the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions 

• Dissolve - become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution.

• Physical Weathering - breaking down of the earth's surface through the process of natural or physical means

• Negative – harmful or bad• Sediments - Solid fragments of inorganic or

organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice.

Weathering Vocabulary (cont.)

• Gravity - the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth

• Weathering - processes that break down rocks at or near the surface of the earth.

Erosion Vocabulary• Destructive Forces - Processes that destroy

landforms• Erosion - movement of sediments and soil by

wind, water, ice, and gravity• Flood - When large amount of water covers land

that is usually dry.• Landslide - mass movements of land due to

gravity.• Tsunami - A very large ocean wave caused by an

underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.

Deposition Vocabulary• Construction - the building of something• Constructive Forces - Processes that create

landforms • Deposition - dropping, or depositing, of

sediments by water, wind, or ice.• Positive - good or useful

Other Important Vocabulary

• Agriculture - cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming

• Landform - a natural feature of the earth's surface• Conservation - the action of conserving something• Fossil Fuel - a natural fuel such as coal or gas,

formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

• Mining - the process or industry of obtaining coal or other minerals from a mine.

• Natural Resources - materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain