Weathering
What is an example of chemical weathering?
What causes a dead zone?
Too much nutrients
What causes dead zones in the water?
fertilizer
What are the three places we are choosing from to build a school?
hillside, cliff, wetlands
what does erosion remove from an area?
sediments
What surface does physical weathering damage during winters in Wisconsin?
Concrete - pavement - roads - sidewalks.
What is missing from a dead zone?
oxygen
What is in the fertilizer that causes dead zones?
nitrogen
What did Jayden and his grandmother find were depleted when they went fishing in the river?
fish and bugs.
What is it called when water slows down and drops off sediments to the ground?
deposition
What is weathering?
the breaking apart of rocks and earth
Where are dead zones usually located?
By a River Delta - where the river empties into a new body of water, like the Gulf of Mexico.
What was harmed in Boomtown from pollution in the river?
Bugs
How can we build on a wetland?
Change it by filling it in with dirt.
What did we use to try and stop erosion in our lab?
legos and rocks
what tool represented weathering in our video?
hammer
What river causes the biggest dead zone in the United States?
Mississippi River
What is the main contribution to fertilizer in the water?
farming and lawn care.
What is it called when particles are mixed into water or another liquid?
Dissolving.
What are canyons caused by?
What area in Wisconsin did we talk about a lot, because it shows signs of weathering and erosion?
The Wisconsin Dells
Where is the biggest dead zone in the United States?
The Gulf of Mexico
what are ways people pollute water
variety of answers.
What is precipitation
Rain, snow, and hail
What chemical turns rocks orange colored?
iron