Wk3 Sedimentary Rock Worksheet
Associate Level Material
Sedimentary Rock Worksheet
Use the following table to describe and distinguish between the effects of weathering and erosion. Each response must be at least 200 words.
|Effects of Weathering |Effects of Erosion |What are the Differences? |
|Weathering is a multifaceted contact of |Soils that are removed naturally by living |As stated before, weathering is based on |
|biological, physical, and chemical |organisms, water, wind, and ocean currents,|two different process called Mechanical, |
|developments that changes the rock in some |or ice is called erosion. This is a |and Chemical Processes that decompose |
|specific or general way. The physical |natural and healthy process for the |rocks. Chemical involves the chemical |
|properties of rock or stone are widely |ecosystem. When there is an excess of |changes in the minerals that are inside the|
|different between rock groups. Because of |erosion this can cause trouble and damage |rocks, whereas the Mechanical process is |
|the differences in the pores and the |the ecosystem. Overpopulation has been |due to the physical breaking down of rocks |
|structures of stone, it will not show signs|linked to erosion. |into fragments without altering the |
|of alterations the same as another of the |There is off-site as well as on-site |chemicals from inside the mineral parts of |
|same rock group. |erosion sites. Off-site is where the |the rock. |
|By a variety of methods, and grouped as |eroded soil goes to, and on-site is where |Erosion happens when soil or rock is moved |
|Chemical and Mechanical, the minerals can |the erosion comes from. |from one place to another by natural |
|be converted, dissolved or broken down to
Sedimentary Rock Worksheet
Use the following table to describe and distinguish between the effects of weathering and erosion. Each response must be at least 200 words.
|Effects of Weathering |Effects of Erosion |What are the Differences? |
|Weathering is a multifaceted contact of |Soils that are removed naturally by living |As stated before, weathering is based on |
|biological, physical, and chemical |organisms, water, wind, and ocean currents,|two different process called Mechanical, |
|developments that changes the rock in some |or ice is called erosion. This is a |and Chemical Processes that decompose |
|specific or general way. The physical |natural and healthy process for the |rocks. Chemical involves the chemical |
|properties of rock or stone are widely |ecosystem. When there is an excess of |changes in the minerals that are inside the|
|different between rock groups. Because of |erosion this can cause trouble and damage |rocks, whereas the Mechanical process is |
|the differences in the pores and the |the ecosystem. Overpopulation has been |due to the physical breaking down of rocks |
|structures of stone, it will not show signs|linked to erosion. |into fragments without altering the |
|of alterations the same as another of the |There is off-site as well as on-site |chemicals from inside the mineral parts of |
|same rock group. |erosion sites. Off-site is where the |the rock. |
|By a variety of methods, and grouped as |eroded soil goes to, and on-site is where |Erosion happens when soil or rock is moved |
|Chemical and Mechanical, the minerals can |the erosion comes from. |from one place to another by natural |
|be converted, dissolved or broken down to
References: Murck, B., Skinner, B., & Mackenzie, D. (2010). Visualizing Geology (2nd ed., pp. 212-243). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Prothero, D. R., & Schwab, F. (Eds.). (2004). Sedimentary Geology: An Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks and Stratigraphy (2nd ed.). New York, NY: W. H. Freeman and Company.