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Write the question: Which feature would “young” mountains have—sharp peaks or rounded tops?
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MYP Unit Question: How does land change? Learner Profile: Caring and Principled
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Standard: Investigate the scientific view of how the Earth’s surface is formed. Learning Target: Today I am learning about erosion by water and gravity because I will know where to build my mountain house or beach house.
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Study Jams Video Breaker and Whoosh
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Erosion by Gravity p. 359-361
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Gravity is the force that moves rock and other materials downhill.
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Gravity causes processes that move sediment downhill.
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Types of Mass Movement Landslides Mudslides Slump Creep
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Mass movement can be fast or S L O W.
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Landslides
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LaConchita landslide
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Sycamore Canyon landslide
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Las Colinas (view from the top)
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Las Colinas (large view)
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Mudflows
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Mount St. Helens mudflow
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Slump
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Creep
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Website for more information https://sites.google.com/site/earthsciencein maine/erosion-and-deposition-by-gravity
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