Changing Landscape

Today’s Goal:

To learn how erosion shapes the landscape around usTo identify and understand the different types of erosion (e.g., splash or waves, fluvial or water, wind, and chemical)To identify some additional ways to prevent erosion

Changing Landscape

Mountains, rocks, rivers, lakes, plains, and beaches are all shaped and impacted by the effects of erosionRemember:

Erosion is the process of

wearing away and moving

earth materials

Changing Landscape

Different causes of erosion:

Water

Chemicals Glaciers

Wind

Changing Landscape

WEATHERING . . .. . . is when rain (or other forms of precipitation) fall to the ground and begin to break down rocks, soils, and minerals

Changing LandscapeWater washes soil, sand, and minerals from land into bodies of water (e.g., rivers, lakes, oceans)

This build up of soil, sand, and minerals is called

sediment