Causes of Erosion
Can weathering and erosion work together?
Yes or No
Yes
What is the biggest cause of erosion?
Water
Wind and water
What do people call dust storms?
Black Blizzards
What can conserving soil do?
Slow soil erosion
What are weathering rocks made up of?
Sediments and small rocks
What is a way wind weathers rock?
Abrasion
What is transported by wind or water?
Why did farmers leave their homes and move west?
The Dust Bowl
Yes
How do the sediments and small rocks get carried?
Flowing water
What does moving water flow?
Sediments
What is the dropping off of weathered rock called?
Deposition
What is a very known erosion in history?
A wind erosion: The Dust Bowl
What does conserving soil mean?
Using methods to slow erosion
What does erosion affect?
Rocks
How do waves cause erosion?
By breaking rocks apart. Then carry the rocks and sand to a new place.
Where do the finer sediments reach?
Mouths or ends of rivers
What happened during the Dust Bowl?
There was a lot of wind, and the soil without crops, flew away to a different location.
What do farmers call the method of planting in strips?
Strip farming
What do erosion and weathering do?
They work together to change and shape land
How does wind erode?
By picking up small pieces of rock, sand, and soil, and moving it.
Where do rivers and streams deposit sediments?
At their banks or sides.
What affects erosion?
Types of rocks or soils, size of sediments, strength of wind or water, and resistance.
Name methods to slow erosion.
Conserving soil, planting trees between fields, planting crops in strips, plowing fields across slopes.