Slide 1Rocks and Soil Slide 2 Rocks ROCKS The rocks you see around you - the mountains, canyons & riverbeds, are all made of minerals. A rock is made up of 2 or more…

Slide 1The rock cycle Is like a group of changes Slide 2  A Path of a rock through the rock cycle. Slide 3  Temperature- A measure of the average kinetic energy of…

Slide 13. Laboratory Test Results Slide 2 Laboratory Test Items Cylinder specimens, D=5cm, L=10cm, are used for laboratory test. Soil strength is determined by Unconfined…

Slide 1Week 5 Bell Ringers Slide 2 1. Intense heat and pressure in Earth’s crust can change sandstone into quartzite. During this metamorphosis, many properties of these…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Prairie Dogs Section B Review Slide 3 What is the process of breaking down parent material called? A. Inorganic B. organic C. weathering D. cover crop Slide…

Slide 1 Table of Contents Rocks and Weathering Chapter 13 Lesson 1 Erosion and Deposition Chapter 14 Changing Earth’s Surface Slide 2 Cycle of Erosion and Deposition What…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Weathering:  The natural process by which atmosphere and environmental forces, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Chemical Weathering occurs fastest in this type of environment: Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Plant Acids- Lichens produce weak acids that…

Slide 1 Mass Extinction By Joe Baraona Slide 2 What is Mass Extinction? “The extinction of a large number of species within a relatively short period of geological time,…

Slide 1 Shales sandstones and associated rocks Chapter 4 Slide 2 Pyroclastic versus Epiclastic Clast – a particle, or grain Epiclastic rocks are those composed of (nonvolcanic)…