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Erosion and Deposition 6 th Grade Earth Science October 2012
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Who is a 1 and who is a 2? Turn to your partner and share with them the following: What is your favorite book and why? If you are closest to my favorite book you are a 1, etc. My favorite book is …
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What is Erosion? Erosion is the movement of sediment by wind, ice, water, or gravity.
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What is Deposition? The dropping of sediment out of the wind, water, ice, or gravity and settling in a new place.
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Gravity Sediment falls
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Gravity Erosion Angle of Repose is the steepest angle, or slope at which a material will not slide down.
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Gravity Deposition Mass Movement gravity moves material down a slope 1. Landslide - rock & soil quickly a.Slump – rock & soil suddenly fall, big mass 2. Creep – slow, down movement of rock/ soil. 3. Mudflow - mud 4. Avalanche - snow
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What type of mass movement is each picture? http://classes.colgate.edu/dkeller/geol101/massw/mass.htm LANDSLIDEMUDFLOW SLUMP CREEP 1 2 3 4
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Ice Ice (glaciers) carry sediment.
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Ice Erosion Continental Glaciers – covers continent. Flattens / smoothes land Kettle Lakes Alpine Glacier – in the mountains. Land made rugged. Horns – sharp pyramid shaped peaks U-Shaped Valleys
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Ice Deposition Tills – unsorted, deposited rock material Moraines – ridges along edge of glacier Stratified Drift – layers of rock deposited based on size Outwash plain – large area of drift
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Which type of glacier or landform is represented in each picture? www.uwsp.edu/.../lecture_glacial_processes.html 1 2 3 4 Continental GlacierAlpine Glacier KettleU Shaped Valley 2 3 4 1
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What did glaciers create in each picture? Outwash Plain Southeast, Alaska Moraine Thompson Glacier, Canadian Arctic 1 2
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Wind Wind blows sediment after it is weathered.
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Wind Deposition Sand Dunes – mounds of wind deposited sand. Move in direction of wind. Loess – thick deposits of fine-grained, wind blown sediment http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/geog/hydro_cycle/dunes/stop7b.htm
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Water Water (rivers, oceans, rain, etc.) washes sediment after being weathered
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Water Erosion Sea Cliffs – rock wears away Sea Caves – hole in rock created by waves near cliff Sea Arches – waves cut hole completely through rock in a sea cave Sea Stacks – offshore column of rock once connected to the mainland
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What did water erosion create in each of these pictures? SEA CAVE SEA STACKS 1 2 4 4 6 1 2 5 5 3 SEA ARCH SEA CLIFFS 1 2 3 4
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Water Deposition Deltas – slow river current drops sediment in fan-shaped pattern at end of river Sand Bars – offshore deposit of sand, gravel, or shell material Alluvial Fans Beaches – deposited sand
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What did water create in each of these pictures? DELTA SANDBAR ALLUVIAL FAN http://www.school- portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?file=2160 4 1 2 4 4 6 1 2 4 5 3 BEACH
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