Name _____________________________
Your assignment is to create a PowerPoint Presentation for a section in your book. The section you
are covering is Chapter 14: Section 2. Follow the directions below carefully.
You may pick any slide background that you want, but just remember that you need to be able to easily
read the words on your slide! For example, don’t pick a green background and yellow font. That would
be ridiculously hard to read. Your goal is to 1) include all the information for the section and 2) make
each slide look good.
Slide 1: List the title of the section at the top of the slide. Put your name and the name(s) of your group
members below the title. You may include a picture dealing with Rates of Weathering.
Slide 2: The title of this slide is “Rates of Weathering”. Define what differential weathering is. Name a
mineral that is very resistant to weathering. Include a picture of an example of differential weathering.
Slide 3: The title of this slide is “Rock Composition”. Explain how rock composition affects the
weathering rate. Say which rocks are weathered most rapidly and what types of rocks resist weathering.
Include pictures of rocks (or of rocks that have been weathered) on this slide.
Slide 4: The title of this slide is “Amount of Exposure”. Explain what a rock’s surface area is and how the
surface area of a rock affects the weathering rate of the rock. Include a picture that explains what
Figure 2 is showing on page 350.
Slide 5: The title of this slide is “Amount of Exposure”. Explain what fractures and joints are and how
they affect rates of weathering. Find a picture of a rock fracture or joint.
Slide 6: The title of this slide is “Climate”. Say what type of climate has the fastest rates of weathering
and why. Say what type of climate has the slowest rates of weathering and why. Find pictures that
represent the different types of climates.
Slide 7: The title of this slide is “Topography and Elevation”. Define topography. Say why weathering
occurs faster at higher elevations and on steep slopes.
Slide 8: The title of this slide is “Human Activities”. List the activities that humans do that cause
weathering. Find pictures of these activities.
Slide 9: The title of this slide is “Plant and Animal Activities”. List some plant and animal activities that
cause weathering. Find pictures of these activities.