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Erosion
Weathering
How Rocks Change
Properties
3 Types of Rocks
100
When rocks are moved or carried away
What is erosion
100
This happens over a long period of time
What is weathering
100
The two ways that rocks can change
What is weathering and erosion
100
Something you can observe with your senses
What is a property
100
Name the three types of rocks
What is sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
200
What three things cause erosion?
What is water, wind, ice
200
Which process weathers rocks by dissolving them?
What is weathering by water
200
When rocks are moved or carried away by water, wind, or ice
What is erosion
200
Ellie sorted her rocks into three piles: red, grey, black. How did she sort them?
What is by color
200
Which rocks are formed by heat and pressure?
What is metamorphic
300
Slow moving ice that can move rocks
What is a glacier
300
What process weathers rocks by breaking them in half?
What is ice
300
When water, wind, or ice break apart or dissolve rocks
What is weathering
300
Owen sorted his rocks into two different piles: rough and smooth. How did he sort them?
What is by texture
300
Which rock forms in layers?
What is sedimentary
400
This slowly moves a rock
What is erosion by a glacier
400
Sara's rock (over time) broke in half. What process caused this to happen?
What is weathering by ice
400
Which process weathers rocks by blowing sand and small rocks against the rock?
What is weathering by wind
400
A rock that feels grainy is a type of what property?
What is texture
400
Which rock is formed by magma or lava?
What is igneous
500
This would blow small pieces of dirt, sand or rock against the big rock and wear it away over time
What is erosion by wind
500
My rock looks like an arch. What process caused this to happen?
What is weathering by wind
500
What are the three things that cause weathering or erosion?
What is water, wind, or ice
500
I put a small rock in one pile and a large rock in another pile. How did I sort them?
What is by size
500
What rock (that we talked about) is made up of many different minerals?
What is granite