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Science Class
Grade 5
How rocks
turns into
soil?
(Weathering)
 Arrange the picture of rocks according to their sizes (from
GAME: biggest to smallest) as to the phrases in it. Then, write the
sentence or concept you have formed.

______ ______ ______ ______

4 3 2 1
Big rocks into
that to soil
break smaller
results formation
down pieces
 Arrange the picture of rocks according to their sizes (from
GAME: biggest to smallest) as to the phrases in it. Then, write the
sentence or concept you have formed.

Big rocks into

smaller that to soil
break results
pieces formation
down
______ ______ ______ ______
4 3 2 1
Big rocks break down into
smaller pieces that results to
soil formation
 EARTH is mainly composed of rocks that differ in
terms of sizes, shapes, and colors. Though rocks seem to
be very hard, dense, and indestructible, they still break.

Rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by the effects of weather.
These pieces do not move to a new location but remain next to one
another. This process is called weathering.
WEATHERING
- is an important process that helps shape the Earth’s surface.

- result in the formation of soil and different landforms.

- can be MECHANICAL or CHEMICAL.

 Mechanical Weathering
- is the physical wearing
away of rock without any
change in their chemical
composition.
Chemical Weathering
- involves changes in the
composition of rocks that
allow them break down into
pieces.
Agents of Weathering: WATER

• Water can break rocks into different

ways. The strong waves hitting the
rocks can make it break.

• Water can seep into the cracks of the

rocks. When it gets colder, these
water can expand and turn into ice.
This can cause rocks to break as well.
 Agents of Weathering: WIND
• Wind is another agent of
weathering that causes many
beautiful formations like the
Mahayaw Arch in Sabtang
Island, Batanes, Philippines.
• As the wind blows, it carries sand
or small rock particles that scratch
the rocks’ surface. This can bring
about mechanical weathering
which can also result to different
rock formation.
Agents of Weathering: TEMPERATURE

• When rocks are exposed to high

temperature, it expands. If rocks are
exposed to a low temperature, it
contracts. The repeated expansion and
contraction of rocks due to changes in
temperature result in weathering.
Agents of Weathering: ANIMALS
• Animals that live underground also contribute to weathering. As
burrowing animals dig deeper, they cause rocks to break into pieces,
too.
 Agents of Weathering: PLANTS
• Some plants, like ferns and
mosses, can also cause
weathering. They can grow on
rocks and cause it to break into
pieces. Eventually, metabolic or
life process of these plants will
cause the gradual breakage of
rocks into smaller pieces.

• Trees can also cause weathering.

Its growing roots can break the
cemented ground in search for
 Agents of Weathering: HUMAN
• The use of bulldozers and other
construction equipment to flatten
mountains to construct houses,
building, roads are some human
activities that greatly contributes to
weathering.
• Some workers use jackhammer to
break boulders of rock as they
repair roads.
• Mining activities that extract stones
or rocks from a quarry or an open-
pit
 How rocks turns into soil?
Earth is composed of rocks that differ in terms of
I learned that (1) ________
sizes, shapes and colors. (2) _____________ Weathering
is an important process that helps
shape the Earth’s surface. Weathering can be (3)______________ and (4)
Mechanical
____________. Chemical
Mechanical weathering is the physical wearing a way of rocks,
while chemical weathering involves a change in the compositions of rocks that
allows them break down into pieces. The different agents of weathering
include (5) __________, (6) __________, (7) __________, (8) __________,
Water
(9) __________, Wind
and (10) Plants
_________________. Animals
Humans Temperature
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. It is the breaking down of rocks into fragments?
A. erosion B. flooding C. run off D. weathering
2. It is a type of weathering that involves change in the composition of the rock.
A. chemical C. both chemical and mechanical
B. mechanical D. none of the above
3. What do you call the process by which humans extract stones from the mountains for
construction purposes?
A. digging B. flattering C. quarrying D. weathering
4. What will happen to a rock when it is exposed to higher temperature?
A. contracts B. evaporates C. expands D. flattens
5. An open-pit mine where rocks can be extracted.
A. landfill B. open-filled C. quarry D. reservoir
Additional Activity/Performance Task #1-Fourth Quarter

• Do “What I Can Do” on your Module 1-Fourth Quarter pages 9-

10.
Direction: On a bond paper, create a collage using
pictures of different agents of weathering.
See rubrics for your activity guide.