weathering

WHY WILL ROCKS TO BE DIFFERENT TOMORROW THAN FROM TODAY?

• PLATE TECTONICS

• THEY ARE ERODING

What effect does frozen water have in weathering? 

• It can split open rocks

• It prevents rocks from splitting open

LANSCAPES ALL OVER THE WORLD CHANGE DUE TO ____________.

• WIND

• WATER

• EROSION

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

WHAT CAN HELP PREVENT EROSION?

• CHEMICALS

• ROCKS, PLANTS

The statue of liberty used to be copper colored! Oxidation occurred and now the statue is green due to this layer of copper carbonate. This change is an example of _____.

• Physical weathering

• Chemical weathering

How did wind erode those rocks?

• By blowing really hard.

• By blowing sand across them.

• By blowing them over.

After millions of years of weathering due to the force of waves hitting them, the rocks on this beach will become ____.

• Non-existant

• Sand

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Tree roots speed up _______ by creating and widening cracks in rocks! Tree roots slow down _______ by holding sediments in place so they're not transported away as quickly.

• Weathering, erosion

• Erosion, weathering

Is that a good plan? Tell me why.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When does erosion happen?

• Every day.

• Every year.

• Every hundred years.

• Every hundred thousand years.