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1 Write the question: Which feature would “young” mountains have—sharp peaks or rounded tops?

2 MYP Unit Question: How does land change? Learner Profile: Caring and Principled

3 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.

4 Study Jams Video Breaker and Whoosh

5 Erosion by Gravity p. 359-361

6 Gravity is the force that moves rock and other materials downhill.

7 Gravity causes processes that move sediment downhill.

8 Types of Mass Movement Landslides Mudslides Slump Creep

9 Mass movement can be fast or S L O W.

10 Landslides

11 LaConchita landslide

12 Sycamore Canyon landslide

13 Las Colinas (view from the top)

14 Las Colinas (large view)

15 Mudflows

16 Mount St. Helens mudflow

17

18 Slump

19 Creep

20 Website for more information https://sites.google.com/site/earthsciencein maine/erosion-and-deposition-by-gravity


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