Weathering Erosion

Weathering, Erosion,
or Deposition?
Group Size: Pairs or Teams
Materials:
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition definitions
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition cards
Heading Cards and Answer Key
Directions
1. Review and discuss the meanings of weathering, erosion, and
deposition. How are they alike and different?
2. Cut apart the three Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
heading cards with the arrows and the Answer Key. Turn the
Answer Key face down and spread the heading cards out on a
table in the middle of the team.
3. Cut apart the sixteen example cards. Shuffle the cards and
place them face down in a pile.
4. One person flips over an example card and reads it aloud. He
or she identifies the card as weathering, erosion, or deposition.
If everyone agrees, the card is placed face up on the correct
heading card, right under the arrow. If some team members
dont agree, review the meanings of these three terms and
think about which term best describes the example on the card.
5. The next person flips over another example card and follows
the directions in Step 3. Continue taking turns until all example
cards are placed below a heading card.
6. Turn over the answer key and check your answers.
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Weathering, Erosion,
or Deposition?
Group Size: Pairs or Teams
Materials:
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition definitions
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition cards
Heading Cards and Answer Key
Directions
1. Review and discuss the meanings of weathering, erosion, and
deposition. How are they alike and different?
2. Cut apart the three Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
heading cards with the arrows and the Answer Key. Turn the
Answer Key face down and spread the heading cards out on a
table in the middle of the team.
3. Cut apart the sixteen example cards. Shuffle the cards and
place them face down in a pile.
4. One person flips over an example card and reads it aloud. He
or she identifies the card as weathering, erosion, or deposition.
If everyone agrees, the card is placed face up on the correct
heading card, right under the arrow. If some team members
dont agree, review the meanings of these three terms and
think about which term best describes the example on the card.
5. The next person flips over another example card and follows
the directions in Step 3. Continue taking turns until all example
cards are placed below a heading card.
6. Turn over the answer key and check your answers.
Weathering
The breaking down or
disintegration of substances
such as rocks and minerals
by physical, chemical, or
biological processes
Erosion
The movement of sediment
or soil from one location to
another by means of
water, ice, or wind
Deposition
When particles carried by
water, ice, or wind are
deposited (dropped) in
another location
Weathering
The breaking down or
disintegration of substances
such as rocks and minerals
by physical, chemical, or
biological processes
Erosion
The movement of sediment
or soil from one location to
another by means of
water, ice, or wind
Deposition
When particles carried by
water, ice, or wind are
deposited (dropped) in
another location
Header Cards and Answer Key
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Answer Key
Weathering
1, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14
Erosion
2, 4, 10, 13, 16
Deposition
3, 5, 6, 8, 15
Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition?

1
Flood water pounding

against a canyon wall
and wearing it down
Rain washing away

soil from a hillside
Layers of sediment
forming at the bottom
of the ocean
A mudslide flowing
down a steep hill
Glaciers dropping rock

and sand to form
terminal moraines
Waves dropping sand

on the beach
Caves being formed

by acid rain dissolving
underground limestone
Deltas forming at the

mouths of rivers
Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition?

9
10
Water getting into

cracks, freezing, and
breaking the rocks or
pavement apart
Wind blowing
sand from one
location to another
11
12
Wind blasting sand

at rock and carving
out arches
13
Glaciers scraping
rocks across the
earths surface
14
Muddy water being

carried away by a
fast-moving river
Rocks being made

smooth by tumbling
across a streambed
15
16
Ponds filling up with

sediment and
becoming marshes
Flood waters moving

soil from one location
to another
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2015 ~ Created by Laura Candler ~ Teaching Resources ~ www.lauracandler.com

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