Weathering, Erosion & Deposition Flipbook Perfect for Interactive Science Notebooks Created By: Kristyn Copeland Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition Flipbook: Cut out each piece on the two pages and staple together to form a flipbook. Use the information provided in the book to answer the questions on the last page. ’ Name: ________________ Created By: Kristyn Copeland Earth’s land is constantly changing. Wind and water are two things that contribute to most of the changes in land. Weathering is the wearing away or slow breaking apart of rock into smaller pieces. Plant roots, ice, wind, and water Weathering are all causes of weathering. Moving water in rivers cause rocks to rub together. Over time, these rocks get smaller and smoother. Weathered Plant roots growing in rocks Rock can cause them to split. -Wind blowing rocks and water Unweathered freezing in rocks both cause Rock erosion too. Erosion is the movement of sediment from one place to another. Again, wind and water (moving water or ice) are the primary causes of erosion. Wind carries sand and soil Causes of Erosion: and can change the shape of *Moving Water Causes deep rocks. Erosion canyons to form. The Grand Canyon is a great example of Gravity makes soils and this rocks move downhill canyon Glacier a large mass of slow-moving ice that flows down *Waves crashing causes a slope. It pushes shorelines to change rocks and soil as it moves. Deposition is the dropping of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity. Sediment is created through the process of weathering, carried away through the process of erosion, and then dropped in a new location through the process of deposition. When wind and water slow down, they drop the Deposition sediments they are carrying. Effects of Deposition: Deltas Sand Dunes *large masses *large piles of sand along the of deposited coastline sediment at the mouth of a river. Directions: Use your flipbook to answer the following questions. 1. What three processes work together to cause changes to Earth’s land? _______________________________________________________ 2. ____________ is the movement of sediment form one place to another. Questions 3. What are the four things that cause weathering? ___________________ _______________________________________________________ 4. _______________ is the dropping of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity. 5. What is a glacier? ___________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 6. Moving water can cause ____________________ to form. 7. _______________ is the wearing away or slow breaking apart of rock into smaller pieces. KEY 1. What three processes work together to cause changes to Earth’s land? _________weathering, erosion, and deposition_______ 2. erosion_ is the movement of sediment form one place to another. 3. What are the four things that cause weathering? ___________________ ___wind, water, ice, and growing plant roots__________ 4. __deposition___ is the dropping of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity. 5. What is a glacier? A large mass of slow moving ice that flows down a slope 6. Moving water can cause ____canyons_____ to form. 7. _weathering____ is the wearing away or slow breaking apart of rock into smaller pieces. Products You Might Also Like: Soil & Changes to Earth’s Land Task Cards Soil & Changes to Earth’s Land Test & Study Guide Rocks Mini Book Rocks & Minerals Pack Rocks & Minerals Task Cards Rocks & Minerals Test and Study Guide Also, follow me on TpT & Pinterest and check out my BLOG. .