Weathering
What is the process of breaking down rock on Earth's surface called?
What is weathering?
What is a mnemonic to remember how erosion works?
What is "E-row, row, row your boat"?
What is a way to remember deposition?
What is "depoSIT" – where the rock finally sits down?
What does "scales of change" refer to?
What is comparing different phenomena based on their time and spatial scales?
What is an example of a fast change on Earth's surface?
asteroid collision, volcanic eruption, flash flood, landslide
What type of process is weathering: constructive or destructive?
What is destructive?
What is erosion?
What is the removal of rock material by wind, water, ice, or gravity?
What is deposition?
What is the accumulation of eroded rock material transported from another location?
Name one phenomenon that occurs on a large scale.
What is the formation of the Earth?
What is changing of the Earth's crust?What is an example of a slow change on Earth's surface?
What is soil erosion or uplift of mountains or weathering, or deposition?
Name one factor that can cause weathering.
What is wind, water, ice, or gravity?
Name one way erosion can occur.
What is through wind, water, ice, or gravity?
How does deposition contribute to landforms?
It creates new landforms by accumulating materials in one place.
How do seasons changing represent a pattern of change?
What is a regular cycle of change that happens every year?
How long can uplift take to occur?
What is hundreds of millions of years?
How does weathering contribute to the formation of hoodoos?
Weathering breaks down the rock, and the top rock protects the lower part from erosion.
What happens to a riverbank during erosion?
The river carves its banks as material is washed away.
Name a location where deposition commonly occurs.
What is deltas or riverbanks?
How does uniformitarianism relate to patterns of change?
It suggests that past patterns will continue to happen in the future.
Compare the speed of a lightning strike to soil erosion.
A lightning strike is much faster than soil erosion.
Explain the term "uniformitarianism."
What is the idea that natural processes we observe today have occurred in the same way in the past and will continue in the future?
Describe a situation where small-scale changes lead to large-scale changes.
What is a flash flood causing a river to carve its banks?
What is wind blowing sand over time to make a desert?
What is ripples in the sand eventually becoming sand dunes?
How does deposition differ from erosion?
Erosion removes material, while deposition adds material to a location.
List two factors that can cause patterns of change on Earth.
What are weathering and erosion?
Describe how a single human getting ready for school represents a small-scale change.
It shows a quick, personal change that does not significantly affect larger systems.