Weathering Stations Lab
Station 1:
1.. What changes did you observe in the limestone rock after adding vinegar drops?
2. If the limestone pieces represent rocks in nature, what do the vinegar drops represent?
3. How is the action of chemicals like the action of the wind and water?
4. What human activities may cause chemical weathering?
Station2:
1. What was the effect of the waves on the sand?
2. How does this activity relate to weathering, erosion, and deposition?
3. How do weathering, erosion, and deposition by waves affect Texas?
4. How do hurricanes affect weathering, erosion, and deposition in Texas?
Station 3:
1. Which rocks were you able to move by blowing through the straw?
2. Which rocks represented the weathered rocks? Why?
3. Where were the rocks deposited when you stopped blowing?
4. How does this activity model weathering, erosion, and deposition?
5. How does weathering by wind change the surface of the earth?
6. How do tornadoes affect weathering, erosion, and deposition due to wind in Texas?
Station 4:
1.What did the pouring of water through the funnel represent?
2. What did the addition of water cause to happen?
3.How does the river act as an erosion agent?
Station 5:
1.What was the appearance of the marbles prior to being heated and dropped into ice water?
2. What was the appearance of the marbles after being heated and dropped into ice water?
3. What caused the change in the marbles?
4. What might happen to the cracked marble?
5.How does the cracking of the marble relate to weathering of rocks?
6. Is weathering due to temperature changes, physical weathering, or chemical weathering? How do you
know?
Station 6:
_____ Mountain A is probably younger than Mountain B.
_____ Mountain A is probably older than Mountain B.
_____ Mountains A and B are the same age.
Explain the reasoning behind your answer choice.
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