PROCESSES THAT SHAPE EARTH’S SURFACE 1.1 WEATHERING AND SOIL EROSION

SCIENCE 5

•investigate extent of soil erosion in the community and its effects on living things and the environment;

WHAT IS SOIL EROSION?

Rocks Soil

WHAT IS SOIL EROSION?

•Is the movement of rocks and soil from one place to another.

Sediments

Agents of Soil Erosion

What do you think are the agents of soil erosion?

The faster the water flows, the faster and further the erosion is.

Wind

Animals

Humans

WHICH HAS A HIGHER RATE OF EROSION?

A. B.

Slope

TASK:

•Investigate extent of soil erosion in the community and its effects on living things and the environment.

1.Write the result of your investigation in a paragraph form on a short bond paper .

2.Deadline is on Monday