1. Homework YWBAT describe agents of mechanical weathering.
Sunday, July 01, 2018
Objective:
YWBAT describe agents of mechanical weathering.
Drill:
Describe the similarities between the ways tree roots and ice mechanically weather rock.
Homework
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2. Answer
Both tree roots and ice enter cracks in rock and expand, making the cracks wider and shattering the rock.

3. Did you know…?
Before the Japanese government built a concrete base on Mount Fuji, as much as 300,000 tons of rock and soil were lost down the mountainside every year.

4. Today’s Activities Drill BrainPop– Weathering
Mechanical Weathering Trifold
Conclusion

5. Chemical or Mechanical: an alpine glacier advancing down a valley
Closure
Chemical or Mechanical: an alpine glacier advancing down a valley

6. Mechanical: an alpine glacier advancing down a valley
Closure Answer
Mechanical: an alpine glacier advancing down a valley