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    The document is a worksheet about erosion from a video titled "Bill Nye the Science Guy – Erosion". It contains questions about different causes and effects of erosion, including that water, ice, wind, sand and chemicals erode mountains and valleys over long periods of time through processes like freezing and thawing of rocks, wind blowing sand against surfaces, ocean waves pounding shorelines, and less resistant rock eroding more quickly than harder rock.

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    The document is a worksheet about erosion from a video titled "Bill Nye the Science Guy – Erosion". It contains questions about different causes and effects of erosion, including that water, ice, wind, sand and chemicals erode mountains and valleys over long periods of time through processes like freezing and thawing of rocks, wind blowing sand against surfaces, ocean waves pounding shorelines, and less resistant rock eroding more quickly than harder rock.

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    11 Bill Nye - Erosion Worksheet Key

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    The document is a worksheet about erosion from a video titled "Bill Nye the Science Guy – Erosion". It contains questions about different causes and effects of erosion, including that water, ice, wind, sand and chemicals erode mountains and valleys over long periods of time through processes like freezing and thawing of rocks, wind blowing sand against surfaces, ocean waves pounding shorelines, and less resistant rock eroding more quickly than harder rock.

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    Name: _________________________________ Class: __________ Date: _________________

    Bill Nye the Science Guy – Erosion KEY

    Three things I already knew that were confirmed in the video:

    A- ________________________________________________________________

    B- ________________________________________________________________

    C- ________________________________________________________________

    Three things I didn’t know, but I now do because I watched the video:

    A- ________________________________________________________________

    B- ________________________________________________________________

    C- ________________________________________________________________

    1. Water, ice, wind, SAND and chemicals are constantly crumbling


    mountains, flattening hills, widening VALLEYS
    and deepening canyons.

    2. Erosion takes TIME.

    3. When liquid water turns to solid ice, it (choose one) expands /


    shrinks.

    4. When liquid water gets between the cracks of rocks and freezes,
    the rocks SPLIT OPEN. This is another cause of erosion.

    5. When wind blows SAND against a mountain, the mountain erodes


    and the peaks become more rounded.

    6. Water can wear away rock to form a CANYON.


    7. If soft rock is underneath harder rock, the softer rock erodes away
    first, leaving an ARCH.

    8. MUSHROOM rocks are formed from wind erosion.

    9. Erosion is the SLOW wearing away of the Earth’s surface.

    10. True or False: Waves of the ocean are strong enough to pound
    against the shore and contribute to the erosion of rock.

    11. How are sandy beaches made? THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF OCEAN


    WAVES POUNDING AND WEARING AWAY ROCKS. THE ROCKS BREAK
    DOWN TO FORM SAND.

    12. TREE roots can help prevent erosion by keeping the material
    underneath it in place; however, it can speed up erosion by
    splitting rocks.

    13. Erosion is a NEVER ENDING process.

    14. What happened to the ball of clay that was put in the freezer? IT
    GOT CRACKS FROM EXPANDING FROZEN WATER, JUST LIKE ROCKS.

    15. Which of the following is NOT a cause of erosion?


    a. water
    b. sun
    c. wind
    d. ice
    16. How are mushroom rocks formed?

    a. Ocean waves hit the bottom of rocks causing only the bottom
    of the rock to wear away.
    b. Wind picks up sand that hits the bottom of rocks causing only
    the bottom of the rock to wear away.
    c. Wind and water erosion.

    17. What is erosion?

    a. Dropping sediment that was been carried by wind or water


    from one location to another.
    b. Tiny pieces of rock.
    c. The process through which rocks and soils are worn away by
    wind, water, and ice.

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