Weathering and Erosion

Essential Question:
How does
weathering and
erosion shape our
Earth?
What is Weathering is the process of breaking down rocks
Weathering?
What is Mechanical Mechanical weathering is breaking down
Weathering? By natural or physical processes ice-animals-plant growth-
What is Chemical Chemical weathering occurs when minerals are chemically changed
Weathering? Causing them to dissoive or change to anothermineral-oxidation-acid-water
What is Erosion? Erosion is the removal and transport of material from one place to another
Gravity isa huge erosion force
What are the There are 5agents of erosion-gravity-runningwater-glaciers-waves-wind
agents of Erosion?
What happens to When sediments are eroded they are not lost from earth-they are just
the sediments? relocated
Deposition is when sediments are moved and deposited or dropped off
How does Gravity A mass movement is any type of erosins that happens as gravity moves
cause Erosion? Materials down slope -landsides-mudslides-rockslides-
How do Glaciers a flacer is a large mass of ice and snow moving on land under its own
cause Erosion? weight
What are Continental glacier is a glacier that covers much of a continent or large island
Continental
Glaciers?
What is a Valley A valley glacier is a long narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice
Glaciers? Build up high in a mountaion valley
How does wind the two process by which glaciers erode the land are plucking and
contribute to abrasion
erosion?
How is water an Wind by itself is the weakest agent of erosion
agent of Erosion? Wind causes ersion by deflstion and abrasn
How is water an Ground water is that fills the crack and space in unrderground soll and
agent of Erosion?
How is water an
agent of Erosion?
How do waves
contribute to
Erosion?