§1.3 Rock moves

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Start-up Exercise

For a change, this is not weathering. What has happend to this wall of rock?

Language to use

A theory of mine is.. 

Couldn't it be that...

My guess would be..

1.3 Rock is moved

Lesson targets. Which of the following do you know a little bit about (or a bit more)

Mass movements

glaciers

formation of sand and clay

Chemical weathering

Mechanical weathering

1 Hoe steil de helling is.

2 De omvang van het gesteente

vallen

rollen

schuiven

lower reaches

higher reaches

middel reaches

Weathered material

The river brings material from the higher reaches to the middle and lower reaches. 

This material decreases in size the further you go.

Boulders, rocks, gravel, sand, clay. 

Bekijk de doorsnede van de rivier. Welke omschrijving hoort waar?

Veel erosie

Beetje erosie

Sedimentatie grote stukken

Sedimentatie kleine stukken

Erosion

Running water, ice or wind wearing away the earth's surface

Erosion by water

Erosion by wind

V-valley

U-valley

Erosion by ice

Erosion

Weathering

Huiswerk:

2, 3, 4, 5, 8

Start-Up exercise

How did the heartshaped river form? Discuss with your neighbour

Language to use

What was Da Vincis view on the alps?

How does this differ from the churches view?

What is an overthrust?

Draw a simplistic version of the three layers of the matterhorn (use paint?)

Is there mainly chemical or mechanical weathering?

1. Chemical
2. Mecanical

How did most of the vertical slopes of the alps form?

How do waterfalls form?