Erosion Brochure Directions
25 Points (28 possible) Quiz Score
Fold a blank piece of paper into thirds. The following is the information that must be on each “flap”
Flap 1 – Your name, date, and period.
What is Erosion?
What is Deposition?
Flap 2 – What is Mass Movement?
List the 4 factors that influence (cause) mass movement.
Flap 3 – Wind Erosion In this section, describe
1. How wind moves sediments
2. What abrasion is, how it changes the sediment particle’s shape, and landforms that can result from it
3. What a dune is, its structure and how it was formed
Extra Credit: Print out and paste in a picture of a dune (+1)
Flap 4 – Glaciers In this section, describe
1. What glaciers are and where they mostly occur (both elevation-wise and latitude-wise).
2. How glaciers are formed.
3. Name and describe the two types of glaciers.
4. Describe how glaciers move.
Extra Credit: Print out and paste in a picture of a CURRENT glacier AND write where it is located (+1)
Flap 5 – Glacial Erosion and Deposition
1. Why are glaciers the most powerful erosional agent?
2. What is glacial till and where is it deposited as a glacier moves?
3. Describe what drumlins, eskers and kames are and how they form.
4. Describe what kettle lakes are.
Extra Credit – Print out and past in a picture of proof of glacial erosion AND write where it is located (+1)
Erosion Brochure Directions
25 Points (28 possible) Quiz Score
Fold a blank piece of paper into thirds. The following is the information that must be on each “flap”
Flap 1 – Your name, date, and period.
What is Erosion?
What is Deposition?
Flap 2 – What is Mass Movement?
List the 4 factors that influence (cause) mass movement.
Flap 3 – Wind Erosion In this section, describe
4. How wind moves sediments
5. What abrasion is, how it changes the sediment particle’s shape, and landforms that can result from it
6. What a dune is, its structure and how it was formed
Extra Credit: Print out and paste in a picture of a dune (+1)
Flap 4 – Glaciers In this section, describe
5. What glaciers are and where they mostly occur (both elevation-wise and latitude-wise).
6. How glaciers are formed.
7. Name and describe the two types of glaciers.
8. Describe how glaciers move.
Extra Credit: Print out and paste in a picture of a CURRENT glacier AND write where it is located (+1)
Flap 5 – Glacial Erosion and Deposition
5. Why are glaciers the most powerful erosional agent?
6. What is glacial till and where is it deposited as a glacier moves?
7. Describe what drumlins, eskers and kames are and how they form.
8. Describe what kettle lakes are.
Extra Credit – Print out and past in a picture of proof of glacial erosion AND write where it is located (+1)