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Rocks and Weathering

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Rocks are made from a combination of minerals and can be

hard or soft depending on how the minerals are arranged.

Rocks can be
found here…

…and here…

…and here…

…and here
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The Needles, Isle of Wight

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1890
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1910
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1940
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1975
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Present day
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Experiment 1: Shaking rocks in a bottle

In this experiment we…
This showed what happened when rocks travel with a
stream.
Describe what
Experiment 2: Acid on limestone you did here…
In this experiment we…
This showed the damage that can be caused by acid rain.

Experiment 3: Heating and cooling a rock

In this experiment we…
This showed the damage that can be done when a rock is
heated and cooled, like during the day and night.
 Rock fragments
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When rocks are broken off

they can form “scree slopes”

When rocks are

transported by Rock shape up here
a river they are
eroded:

Rock shape down here “Sediment”

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Weathering by ice

“Onion skin” weathering

 Erosion and weathering…
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EROSION is when rocks are gradually worn down.

WEATHERING is when rocks are broken up into smaller

ones.

The ultimate result of both of these processes is SOIL.

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Erosion Physical, chemical

or biological?
Rocks bumping into each other while travelling
down a stream

Tree roots pushing against the rock

Ice getting into cracks and expanding

Acid rain

Animals or plants digging into cracks

“Onion skin weathering”