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What's It Mean?
Slow or Quick Changes
Differences
Vocabulary
Ms. Simmons Fun Facts
100
The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100

Volcanoes destroying the Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)

What is quickly?

100

The difference between weathering and erosion is: a. weathering causes a quick change in landforms and erosion causes a slow change in landforms. b. weathering breaks rocks into sediments and erosion moves sediment from one place to another.

What is B?

100

a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.

What is a volcanoe?

100

Has Ms. Simmons ever taught before? (Yes or No)

What is Yes?

200

occurs where the agents (forces) of erosion lay sediment down

What is deposition?

200
Weathering changes Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is slowly?
200

The difference between erosion and deposition is: a. erosion moves sediment from one place to another and deposition is a physical feature on the Earth. b. deposition is the process of dropping , or depositing , sediment in a new location and erosion is the process of moving sediment from one place to another.

What is B?

200

Gigantic formations of ice that take a long time to melt

What is a glacier?

200

Has Ms. Simmons lived in Atlanta her whole life? (Yes or No)

What is No?

300
The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to a new place.
What is erosion?
300
Erosion can change the shape of the land faster than a volcano can. True or False.
What is False?
300

Explain one example of organic weathering.

What is animal burrowing or trees growing between rocks and breaking the rock?

300

the tearing down of the Earth’s surface including weathering, erosion, impact of organisms, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

What is a destructive force?

300

Does Ms. Simmons like ELA or Math more?

What is Math?

400
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
What are glaciers?
400

Volcanoes building new land (quickly or slowly)

What is slowly?

400

How can a volcano be both constructive and destructive? (BE SPECIFIC WITH DETAILS)

What is it can be constructive when lava cools and hardens forming new land and can be destructive when lava destroys everything it touches?

400

any accumulation of sand grains shaped into a mound or ridge by the wind

What are sand dunes?

400

What is Ms. Simmons favorite type of jewelry?

What are earrings?

500

Process that help build up the Earth's surface.

What is a constructive force?

500
Landslides are quick changes to the land. They can be caused by: A. magma and rain B. gravity and rain
What is gravity and rain?
500

The difference between physical and chemical weathering is: A. Physical weathering just breaks things apart and chemical weathering changes the rocks forever. B. Physical weathering breaks things apart and chemical weathering burns rocks with chemicals.

What is A?

500

A guess that is made in an experiment and has to be tested to see if it's true or not.

What is a hypothesis?

500

What school did Ms. Simmons graduate from?

What is Spelman College?