learning objectives wa state standard 6-8 es2g students know that… landforms are created by...
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Learning Objectives
WA State Standard 6-8 ES2GStudents know that…
Landforms are created by processes that build up structures and processes that break down and carry away material through erosion and weathering.
Learning Objectives
WA State Standard 6-8 ES2GStudents are expected to…
Explain how a given landform (e.g. mountain) has been shaped by processes that build up structures (e.g., uplift) and by processes that break down and carry away material (e.g., weathering and erosion).
What is Erosion?What is Erosion? The process by which weathered rock
and soil particles are movedmoved from place to place.
What is Deposition?What is Deposition? The process by which weathered
sediments are laid downlaid down in a new location creating new landforms.
5 Causes of Erosion5 Causes of Erosion Gravity Glaciers Wind Surface Water / Running Water Ocean Shoreline / Ocean Waves
1. GRAVITY1. GRAVITY PullsPulls rock and soil down a slope
Called Mass MovementMass Movement Can be RAPID
Rockslides Mudflow Avalanche
2. GLACIERS2. GLACIERS Carry very largelarge to very smallsmall
debris Most powerful agent What do they deposit?
Form piles called morainesmoraines Drumlins – little mounds Glacial lakes Kettle lakes U-shaped valleys
3. WIND3. WIND Removes looseloose material from the earth’s
surface. Amount of material carried depends on wind wind
speedspeed Most active in desertsdeserts, plowed fields, beaches
What does wind deposit? Loess-Loess- layer of fine silt or sand Dunes-Dunes- mounds of sand
4. RUNNING WATER4. RUNNING WATERMAJOR CAUSE OF EROSION
When water moves it carries particle called the loadload.
SpeedSpeed of water determines the size of the load Creates canyonscanyons and valleys
What do rivers create/deposit?What do rivers create/deposit? Deltas OxbowOxbow lakes Flood plains
5. WAVES5. WAVES Constantly erode and shapeshape the
shoreline.
What landforms do waves What landforms do waves create?create? Sea cliffs Sea stacksstacks and caves
What do waves deposit?What do waves deposit?
Beaches Spits sand barssand bars Barrier Islands
5. WAVES5. WAVES
Erosion by Brainpop
1) What can help protect soil against erosion?
2) Name one surface feature caused by erosion.
3) Why can’t you see glacial movement in action?
Learning Objective
WA State Standard 6-8 ES3EStudents know that…
Living organisms have played several critical roles in shaping landforms that we see today.
Learning Objective
WA State Standard 6-8 ES3EStudents are expected to…
List several ways that living organisms have shaped landforms (e.g., coral islands, limestone deposits, oil and coal deposits).
Coral Islands Lava from an underwater volcano builds
up an island. Living organisms begin living around the shores of the island (polyps).
Volcano becomes inactive, sinks, coral dies, an island forms.
The formation is a hard rock-like material formed by the skeleton of marine polyps and sand (takes millions of years!)
Coral Islands Usually forms a ring and partially or
totally encloses a shallow body of water, or lagoon
Most are found in the Pacific Ocean
Oil/Coal Deposits Plant matter accumulates at the
bottom of a body of water (must be protected by from decomposition and oxygen exposure—usually gets covered by mud or an acidic water layer). Over millions of years, it forms into a hardened brownish black sedimentary rock.
Oil/Coal Deposits Coal is a fossil fuel and is the
largest source of energy and the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions
Coal is extracted from the ground by mining, either underground or in open pits.
Oil/Coal Deposits Oil is generally formed from
marine deposits and coal is generally formed from land vegetation.