STANDARD 3 REVIEW MODULE 4
Objective 2 Describe the nature of the changes that rocks undergo over long periods of time.
C. Use a model to demonstrate how erosion changes the surface of Earth.
D. Relate gravity to changes in Earth’s surface.
E. Identify the role of weathering of rocks in soil formation.
Vocabulary:
Soil: The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the surface of the Earth where plants grow
Weathering: The process of breaking rocks down into smaller and smaller pieces
Chemical weathering: The process of breaking down rock into sediments by changing the substance.
Physical weathering: The process of breaking down rock material without changing the composition
Slump: Mass movement that results from water soaked soil and suddenly releases.
Mass movement: The process of moving soil and rock down slope.
Landslide: The fastest and most destructive e type of mass movement.
Mudflow: Rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock, and soil.
Creep: Very slow down hill mass movement.
Erosion: Building up of the earth’s surface.
Deposition: Tearing down of the Earth’s surface.
Learning Activities:
SQR3 Pg. 520-523 with Thinking Map Integration-Gravity and Surface of Earth.
SQR3 Pg. 502-508 with Thinking Map Integration-Weathering and Soils-Bridge Map
Erosion Timelapse notes for erosion changing Earth’s surface. Awesome YouTube examples. Yes! they are real!!!
STANDARD 3 MODULE 4 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
1.) Describe 4 agents of erosion. That is 4 ways or causes of erosion.
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2.) How does erosion change the earth’s surface?
3.) Explain how mass movement and gravity are related.
4.) Identify and explain 4 ways that gravity causes mass movement on the earth’s surface.
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5.) Explain two types of weathering
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6.) How is weathering related to soil?
STANDARD 3 MODULE 4 PRACTICE CONTENT QUIZ
1. Which of the following best describes how erosion and deposition are related?
A. opposites: erosion tears down the Earth's surface and deposition builds it up.
B. opposites: erosion builds up the Earth's surface and deposition tears it down.
C. the same: they both build up the Earth's surface
D. the same: they both tear down the Earth's surface
2. What best describes how gravity changes the earth's surface?
A. gravity does not really help change the Earth's surface
B. gravity removes soil and sediments by pulling them down slope
C. gravity is the energy source for volcanoes
D. gravity is the energy source for earthquakes
3. What best describes how gravity changes the earth's surface?
A. gravity changes the Earth's surface in a very slow manner
B. gravity changes the Earth's surface in a quick/fast manner
C. gravity does not change the Earth's surface
D. gravity changes the Earth's surface in a quick and slow manner
4. What best describes the relationship between weathering and soils?
A. soil is a process that forms weathering
B. weathering is a process that forms soil
C. weathering and soil are both processes that change the Earth’s surface
D. weathering and soils do not change the Earth’s surface and are unrelated
5. There are many ways to increase how fast weathering breaks down rocks. Limestone is
a rock that is much weaker than granite. In warm areas chemical weathering is much
faster, while in areas of hot and cold extremes physical weathering can be accelerated.
Finally, pollutions can cause acid rain that may cause some rocks to weather faster.
Which of the following can influence the rate of weathering?
A. type of rock, climate, human activities
B. planet location, climate, soil color
C. climate, amount of water, soil color
D. length of day, human activities, and climate
6. What two words would best fit in the Bridge Map that has the same relationship as
weathering is to soil?
WEATHERING
SOIL
AS
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IS A PROCESS THAT FORMS
A. soil and organism
B. ham and sandwich
C. milk and cow
D. erosion and canyon
RELATIONSHIP
STANDARD 3 MODULE 4 VOCABULARY PRACTICE QUIZ
1. Rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock, and soil.
A. Creep
B. Landslide
C. Mudflow
D. Slump
2. The fastest and most destructive e type of mass movement
A. Creep
B. Landslide
C. Mudflow
D. Slump
3. Mass movement that results from water soaked soil and suddenly releases.
A. Creep
B. Landslide
C. Mudflow
D. Slump
4. Very slow down hill mass movement.
A. Creep
B. Landslide
C. Mudflow
D. Slump
5. The process of breaking down rock material without changing the composition
A. Weathering
B. Chemical weathering
C. Physical weathering
D. Mass movement
6. The process of breaking rocks down into smaller and smaller pieces
A. Weathering
B. Chemical weathering
C. Physical weathering
D. Mass movement
7. The process of moving soil and rock down slope.
A. Weathering
B. Chemical weathering
C. Physical weathering
D. Mass movement
8. The process of breaking down rock into sediments by changing the substance
A. Weathering
B. Chemical weathering
C. Physical weathering
D. Mass movement
9. The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the surface of the Earth where plants grow
A. Creep
B. Soil
C. Mudflow
D. Slump
STANDARD 3 MODULE 4 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS KEY
1.) Describe 4 agents of erosion. That is 4 ways or causes of erosion.
1.) glaciers and ice can scour out and remove material, rocks and soil, creating valleys.
2.) wind blowing small sand away
3.) water in a river or stream washing sand, mud, and bouldering downstream
4.) waves from the ocean washing beach sand down the shoreline
2.) How does erosion change the earth’s surface?
Like the Grand Canyon it slowly eats away at the Earth’s surface and creates canyons, gullies, etc. It also
slowly tears down mountains. However, it can also be very rapid in the case of landslides.
3.) Explain how mass movement and gravity are related.
Gravity is the force that pulls sediment and rock down hill. Without gravity there would be no mass
movement.
4.) Identify and explain 4 ways that gravity causes mass movement on the earth’s surface.
1.) landslide: This is when rocks and soil QUICKLY travel down slope. It is the most destructive
type of mass movement.
2.) creep: the slow down hill movement of mass.
3.) slump: Mass movement that results from water soaked soil and suddenly releases.
4.) mudside: Rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock, and soil.
5.) Explain two types of weathering
1.) mechanical weathering: This is where rocks are broken down but are still made of the same substance.
2.) chemical weathering: This is when rocks are brocken down by chemical processes and change into new
substances. An example eis acid rain reacting with limestone.
6.) How is weathering related to soil? Weathering is the process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces
and producing soil when mixed with dead and or decaying organic matter.
STANDARD 3 MODULE 4 PRACTICE CONTENT QUIZ KEY
7. Which of the following best describes how erosion and deposition are related?
A. opposites: erosion tears down the Earth's surface and deposition builds it up.
B. opposites: erosion builds up the Earth's surface and deposition tears it down.
C. the same: they both build up the Earth's surface
D. the same: they both tear down the Earth's surface
8. What best describes how gravity changes the earth's ?surface?
A. gravity does not really help change the Earth's surface
B. gravity helps to pile up and build up the Earth's surface
C. gravity is the energy source for volcanoes
D. gravity removes soil and sediments by pulling them down slope
9. What best describes how gravity changes the earth's ?surface?
A. gravity changes the Earth's surface in a very slow manner
B. gravity changes the Earth's surface in a quick/fast manner
C. gravity does not change the Earth's surface
D. gravity changes the Earth's surface in a quick and slow manner
10.What best describes the relationship between weathering and soils?
A. soil is a process that forms weathering
B. weathering is a process that forms soil
C. weathering and soil are both processes that change the Earth’s surface
D. weathering and soils do not change the Earth’s surface and are unrelated
11.There are many ways to increase how fast weathering breaks down rocks. Limestone is
a rock that is much weaker than granite. In warm areas chemical weathering is much
faster, while in areas of hot and cold extremes physical weathering can be accelerated.
Finally, pollutions can cause acid rain that may cause some rocks to weather faster.
Which of the following can influence the rate of weathering?
A. sediment size, climate, soil color
B. type of rock, climate, human activities
C. climate, amount of water, soil color
D. sediment size, human activities, and climate
12.What two words would best fit in the bridge Map that has the same relationship as
weathering is to soil?
WEATHERING
SOIL
AS
?????????????
?????????????
IS A PROCESS THAT FORMS
RELATIONSHIP
A. soil and organism
B. ham and sandwich
C. milk and cow
D. erosion and canyon
STANDARD 3 MODULE 4 VOCABULARY PRACTICE QUIZ KEY
1. Rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock, and soil.
A. Creep
B. Landslide
C. Mudflow
D. Slump
2. The fastest and most destructive e type of mass movement
A. Creep
B. Landslide
C. Mudflow
D. Slump
3. Mass movement that results from water soaked soil and suddenly releases.
A. Creep
B. Landslide
C. Mudflow
D. Slump
4. Very slow down hill mass movement.
A. Creep
B. Landslide
C. Mudflow
D. Slump
5. The process of breaking down rock material without changing the composition
A. Weathering
B. Chemical weathering
C. Physical weathering
D. Mass movement
6. The process of breaking rocks down into smaller and smaller pieces
A. Weathering
B. Chemical weathering
C. Physical weathering
D. Mass movement
7. The process of moving soil and rock down slope.
A. Weathering
B. Chemical weathering
C. Physical weathering
D. Mass movement
8. The process of breaking down rock into sediments by changing the substance
A. Weathering
B. Chemical weathering
C. Physical weathering
D. Mass movement
9. The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the surface of the Earth where plants
grow
A. Creep
B. Soil
C. Mudflow
D. Slump