Erosion and

Deposition
Water
Erosion
Ms. Cruz
Day 1
Erosion
 Do you remember?
Physical/Mechanical Weathering – the breaking up
of earth’s surface into smaller pieces by some
mechanical/physical force.

Chemical Weathering – the breaking down of earth’s

surface by a chemical process (oxidation, dissolved by
acids or water)
Physical weathering by wave action. Chemical weathering by
The waves carrying sand, pound the soft rock. oxidation.
The salt in the water corrodes
the steel in the concrete and
caused cracks.
Soil Erosion
 Erosion

Erosion means the general wearing down and

molding of all landforms on the Earth's
surface. The movement of soil or rock from one
place to another (usually by wind or water).
 Erosion moves pieces of the Earth.
GIFT
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TRA As pieces of the Earth are broken down
D by weathering, they are carried away in a
process called erosion.
EVE Water is a common way that pieces of the
NT Earth are moved to a new location. Wind
also contributes to erosion by blowing the
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particles away. Glaciers can pick up
pieces of the Earth and drag them to new
locations. They are slow but powerful.
 Types of Erosion
GIFT Wind erosion Water erosion
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LTR Gravity erosion Ice erosion

 Wind erosion
GIFT
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D material (especially sand and clay)
from one place to another.
EVE As the wind blows, it picks up small
NT particles of sand/sediment and blasts
large rocks with the sand/sediment,
LTR cutting and shaping the rock.
Wind erosion
 Water erosion
GIFT
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When rain falls to the Earth it can
TRA evaporate, sink into the ground, or
D flow over the land as runoff. 
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NT When it flows over land, erosion
occurs. Runoff picks up pieces of
LTR rock and "runs" downhill cutting tiny
grooves (called rills) into the land. 
water erosion
 Ice erosion
GIFT
S Glaciers wear down the landscape;
by picking up and carrying debris
TRA that moves across the land along
D with the ice.
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Glaciers can pick up and carry
NT sediment that ranges in size from
sand grains to boulders bigger than
LTR houses. 

Moving like a conveyor belt or a

bulldozer, a single glacier can move
millions of tons of material!
Ice erosion
 Gravity
erosion
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Gravity Erosion is better known
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as Mass Movement and is
EVE defined as the transfer of rock
NT and soil down slope by direct
action of gravity without a
LTR flowing medium
(such as water or ice).
 How does this affect
us?
Humans are constantly influencing
the nature of our landscapes.

HOUSES, ROADS, BUILDINGS,

DEVELOPMENTS, CANALS, etc.,
all change the shape and appearance
of the land.
GIFT
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Classwork
Weathering and erosion
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Drag and drop weathering and erosion.
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NT https://www.liveworksheets.com/ts1836370pk
LTR Key code: 93rnpz5iktz 
GIFT
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LTR Weathering, erosion and deposition
 deposition
As particles are moved by water, wind,
and ice, they settle in new locations.
Deposition happens when wind or water
slows or when ice melts.

As particles are deposited in once place

over time, the particles can build up,
producing new landforms.
 Guided
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reading
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https://www.getepic.com/app/read/53091
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 CLASSW
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Weathering, Erosion and Ice, wind, water landforms
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Deposition https://
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Key code: 93rnpz5iktz

Kahoot!
GIFT
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LTR Wind Erotion
Pages 398-
399
Mass Movement
Wind and water erosion
 Pages 400
Wind erosion

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 Page 400
Classwork

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 Page 401
Wind deposition

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LTR
Day 4
Water Erosion
Wind and water erosion
 Guided
Reading
How Do Wind and Water Change Earth? Children's Bo
ok by Natalie Hyde | Discover Children's Books, Audi
obooks, Videos & More on Epic (getepic.com)
 How water causes erosion
Page 405
GIFT
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TRA Erosion by water doesn’t start
D with a giant waterfall, it
EVE begins with a little splash of
NT rain.
Moving water of the
LTR hydrosphere is the primary
agent of erosion that shapes
Earth’s land surface.
Page 407

GIFT
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Water erosion
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 Waterfalls Meanders
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LTR Flood plains Oxbox lakes

Page 405

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LTR
GIFT
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GAME
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https://www.nationalgeographic.org/interactive/w
alters-travels-weathering-and-erosion
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Good
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LTR bye!