notes weathering and erosion guided notes

Rust

Weathering

1. MechanicalWeathering

MechanicalWeatheringExamples

2. ChemicalWeathering

ChemicalWeatheringExamples

Erosion

� Theprocessinwhich____________onthesurfaceofaplanetare__________________downintosmallerparticles.

� Thereare2typesofweathering:

� Theprocessinwhichrocksarebrokenapart_______________.

� Therocksremainthe__________________,theyonlychange____________.

� Rocksfallingand________________otherrocks.

� Water______________________rockstogether.

� Rootsgrowinginthecracksofarockcausingitto__________.

� Ice________________–Iceformsinacrackinarocknightafternightcausingittosplit.

� Theprocessofbreakingapartmaterialby___________________means.

� Therockis__________________oreatenaway.

� ______________eatingawayatarock.

� Rock_________–theironinarockreactingtotheoxygenintheatmosphere.

� Theprocessof_______________groundmaterialfromoneplacetoanother.

� Thereare4maincausesoferosion:

1. Wind

WindErosionExamples

2. Water

WaterErosionExamples

3. Gravity

GravityErosionExamples

4. Ice

IceErosionExamples

Deposition

� Windpicksupsmallparticlesand_______________themtonewlocations

� _______________–Windpicksupsmallparticlesandsmashesthemintootherobjects.

� __________–Theplacementofsmallparticlesagainstabarrier.

� The__________________ofparticlescausedbywater.

� _______________Erosion–Particlescarriedbyastreamthatsmashintoeachother.

� _______________Erosion–Watercarvesapathintotheground.

� _______________Erosion–Athinsheetofwaterslowlymovessurfacematerial.

� Gravity__________rocksandsoildownward.

� ______slide

� ________slide

� __________–Themovementofsoildownwardin__________.

� __________–The________movementofsoildownhill.

Theslowmovementofglaciersthat____________upsurfacematerialandmoveit____________hill

� Plucking–Thepickingupandmovingof_________particlesbyice.

� ___-Shapedvalleys–Glacierscarveout__________U-shapedvalleys.

� The___________placingofmaterialthathasbeen____________byerosionalforces.