W.E.D
System
Interactions
Biogeochemical Cycles
Chemical or Physical
Mr. Brantley
100

 is the process of physical or chemical breakdown of materials at or near Earth’s surface, influenced by factors such as the nature of the parent material, climate, and time.

Weathering

100

An Avalanche falling down a mountain and taking out the forest at the bottom. 

Cryo - Bio

100

This is the cycling of all water on the earth? 

Water Cycle

100

Frost Wedging

Physical


100

How many dogs does Mr. Brantley have? 

2

200

is the removal of surface material through weathering by agents such as wind and water.

Erosion

200

A gender reveal party starts a brush fire that kills a family of mice. 

Anthro- Bio

200
How carbon moves around earths systems

Carbon Cycle

200
Oxidation
Chemical
300

Sand being moved around by the wind on the beach? 

Erosion

300
A Volcano creates new land when it runs into the ocean and cools

Geo- Hydro

300
Sedimentary rocks and how they become metamorphic and igneous rocks. 

Rock Cycle

300

Plant roots break a rock as it grows into the ground

Physical 

400

Ice freezing at night and cracking the road

Weathering 

400

Windmills changing the way air circulates. 

Atmo-Anthro

400
How Nitrogen moves around earths systems

Nitrogen Cycle

400

Humans using a sledgehammer to break rocks

Physical

500

the process of sediments being dropped off and and settling out? 

Deposition

500

A dam blocks fish from migration

Anthro- Bio

500

How molecules move through both biotic and abiotic systems of the earth

Biogeochemical Cycles
500

Moss uses an acid to get a grip on the side of rocks and other surfaces

Chemical