Erosion with Bill Nye the Science Guy
Name
Period Group
Date
Weathering – The process of breaking down of rocks, minerals, and soil into sediment
Erosion – the movement of sediment by wind, water, gravity, ice, and organisms. It often happens along with
weathering.
1.
Does expansion of water as it freezes into ice cause weathering or erosion?
2.
Does sand blasting cause weathering or erosion?
3.
What can slow down erosion?
4.
What happens to metals in rocks?
5.
How does a rock arch form?
6.
What makes seastacks?
7.
Was grandpa weathered or eroded?
8.
When tree roots split rock is that weathering or erosion?
9.
Does the clay in the freezer experiment demonstrate weathering or erosion?
10. What band sings “Causing the Erosion”?
Erosion with Bill Nye the Science Guy
Name
Period Group
Date
Weathering – The process of breaking down of rocks, minerals, and soil into sediment
Erosion – the movement of sediment by wind, water, gravity, ice, and organisms. It often happens along with
weathering.
1.
Does expansion of water as it freezes into ice cause weathering or erosion?
2.
Does sand blasting cause weathering or erosion?
3.
What can slow down erosion?
4.
What happens to metals in rocks?
5.
How does a rock arch form?
6.
What makes seastacks?
7.
Was grandpa weathered or eroded?
8.
When tree roots split rock is that weathering or erosion?
9.
Does the clay in the freezer experiment demonstrate weathering or erosion?
10. What band sings “Causing the Erosion”?