Investigation 1
Erosion and Deposition
Erosion and Deposition
Investigation 2
Stream-Tables
Stream-Tables
Investigation 3
Schoolyard Erosion and Deposition
Schoolyard Erosion and Deposition
Investigation 4
Fossil Evidence
Fossil Evidence
Vocabulary
100
You will most likely find a boulder in this position. 
What is position 1?
100
Like a delta, this landform is created when eroded materials form on land.
What is an alluvial fan?
100
True or False: There is no erosion at Bradford School.
What is false?
100
True or false. It is impossible to find the fossils of aquatic creatures in the middle of a desert landscape because modern deserts could never have been covered with water.
What is false?
100
The carrying away of weathered earth materials by water, wind, or ice.
What is erosion?
200
In this photo, you will most likely find silt in this position. 
What is position 4?
200
This geographic phenomenon is created when water carves its way through rock.
What is a canyon?
200
The dirt build-up along the steps near the playground is an example of this.
What is deposition?
200
Decomposed animals can leave a space in rock sediments. This word also describes the green fuzzy stuff that grows on old bread.
What is a mold?
200
Pieces of weathered rock, such as sand, deposited by wind, water, or ice.
What is sediment?
300
In this photo, it is the youngest/newest layer of the Grand Canyon.
What is the Kaibab Formation?
300
This table shows more erosion due to being on a slope.
What is Table A
300
After a rain, when dirt moves from the lawn to the edge of the sidewalk, it is called this?
What is erosion?
300
The preserved remains or other evidence of something that lived on Earth long ago.
What is a fossil?
300
The settling of sediments.
What is deposition?
400
In this photo, it is the oldest layer of the Grand Canyon.
What is Tapeats Sandstone?
400
This table was not aided with slope. 
What is Table B?
400
The cracks on the sidewalk are signs of this.
What is physical weathering or weathering?
400
Fish fossils in desert areas are evidence of this.
What is ancient ocean or water coverage?
400
A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
What is a glacier?
500
A mix of humus, sand, silt, clay, gravel, and/or pebbles.
What is soil?
500
The name of our new custodian.
What is Adam?
500
The first name of the new custodian.
Who is Adam?
500
A scientist who studies ancient animals and fossils. Ross from the 90's sitcom Friends did this for a living.
Who are paleontologists?
500
A large amount of water flowing over land that is usually dry.
What is a flood?