building and sculpting
True or False:
Weathering is a very fast process
False.
Weathering is a very slow process that takes years.
What kind of weathering is this an example of?
The root of a tree breaking through the ground
Biological Weathering
a toy falling apart the more you play with it
Physical weathering!
an area that gets little to no rain, hot or cold!
The desert!
The process of rocks being broken down
Weathering!
The difference between weathering and erosion is that weathering breaks rocks, and erosion ______ them.
moves/ carries them
What kind of weathering is this an example of?
A rock begins to rust because of weathering
Chemical weathering!
The experiment we did with sand and water bottles showed what?
Erosion!
What is a hill that is at least 1,000 feet tall called?
A mountain!
The process of weathered rock being moved
Erosion!
This is what causes V shaped vallyes
glaciers
What kind of weathering is this an example of?
wind blowing sand across a rock and making it rough
Physical weathering!
A piece of sediment falls into a pile at the mouth of a river
Deposition!
a tall landform with no peak
a plateau!
small chunks of rock and dirt that fall to the bottom of the water
sediment
true or false:
Weathering moves rocks to a new place
False!
Erosion is the process that moves rocks and sediment to new places; weathering only breaks them down
What kind of weathering is this an example of?
a weed popping up and cracking a sidewalk
Biolgical
plants start to grow on rocks and slowly break the rock down
Biological weathering
a small plateau is called a...
Butte!
The process of rocks being dropped into a new place by erosion
deposition