The Weathering Process
What is the first step in the weathering process?
Weathering!
Zoologist.
What kind of map shows you the elevation of a mountain?
Where can you find fossils?
In rock, dug up from the ground, etc.
Toy car, any of our experiments.
What is weathering?
The wearing down of an object overtime, by weather, (hail, snow, rain, wind, heat)
What does a volcanologist study?
Volcanoes
What can we conclude about Earth's surface if we find a fossil of a fish?
There had to be water.
Define simulation.
Model of an activity or situation taking place that reflects a real life happening.
What is the second step in the weathering process?
Erosion
What do you call a person who studies the stars?
Astronomer
If the contour lines are close together, what does that tell you?
That the mountain has high elevation.
True!
What is a crest?
The highest point of a wave.
Define erosion.
What does a geologist study?
Rocks, minerals and Earth's landforms.
Define elevation.
How tall or flat a hill or mountain is.
What kind of fossil would you find if you made the assumption that there were trees at the time that fossil was found?
Answer vary.
Define energy.
a force that makes things happen, work or change.
Name AND define the third step in the weathering process.
What do you call a person who studies plants?
Botanist
Name at least 3 ways you can represent mountains on a map.
Define inference.
What is the focus question for lesson 1 of quarter 1?
How is scientific journaling beneficial?