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 Transport & Erosion Tran

sport & Erosion

 Just write out the TRUE ones from those below: Just write out the TRUE ones from those below:

 Temperature causes minerals to expand and contract. Temperature causes minerals to expand and contract.

 Temperature causes minerals to vaporise and melt. Temperature causes minerals to vaporise and melt.

Identical minerals in rock move diferently, causing cracks.Identical minerals in rock move diferently, causing cracks.

Various minerals in rock move diferently, making cracks.Various minerals in rock move diferently, making cracks.

When water ree!es it expands, and makes cracks "igger.When water ree!es it expands, and makes cracks "igger.

When water ree!es it contracts, pulling cracks inwards.When water ree!es it contracts, pulling cracks inwards.

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#Then draw how a rocks shape$hanges as it gets T%'()*%TE+

downhill

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Transport &Tran

sport &

ErosionErosion

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%ock transport%ock tra

nsport

► Weathered rocks allWeathered rocks allto the ground.to the ground.

►  They get They get transportedtransported

rom place to place.rom place to place.

► When rocks areWhen rocks areweathered duringweathered duringtransport, this istransport, this is

called -called -EROSIONEROSION..

►  Transport can happen Transport can happenin / diferent ways0in / diferent ways0

What might weathering do to the shape, and size, of the rockbits?...

1lown "y the wind0

Washed along "ywater

$arried along "y ic

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(ome examples o erosion0(ome examples o erosion0

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 The Needles, Isle of Wight

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  1890

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  1910

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  1940

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  19751975

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Present day

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Transported or not, and byTransported or not, and by

what?!what?!

Why might ice-transported rocks not  have rounded

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Rocks rub

together 

Large, sharp

 rocks Rocks are

smaller and

rounder 

DEPOSITION

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ctivitiesctivities2.2.

$omplete the -)urple 1ox on page 3/.$omplete the -)urple 1ox on page 3/.

4.4. +raw diagram at "ottom o page 34.+raw diagram at "ottom o page 34.

/./. nswer 5uestion +, and draw the related diagram.nswer 5uestion +, and draw the related diagram.

6.6. $omplete (pecials sheet 76, and stick it in$omplete (pecials sheet 76, and stick it in

8.8. 9nscram"le these anagrams09nscram"le these anagrams0

Tnsparotr esnoior iwdn rweta cieTnsparotr esnoior iwdn rweta cie

  srpah edseg unodedrsrpah edseg unodedr

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:iller 5uestions:iller 5uestions

2.2. What is transportation;What is transportation;

4.4. 7ive / ways rocks can "e7ive / ways rocks can "e

transported.transported.

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