7.4A| Reading & Reading Questions: Weathering & Erosion

Instructions

Read sections 5.1 and 5.2 from Chapter 5 of your lecture textbook first, then answer the following questions. Before starting the reading utilize reading strategies such as SQ3R and active reading strategies. 

SQ3R Summary

Active reading strategies

When you've completed the reading you're ready to answer the questions. Be sure to read each question carefully and make the best answer choice. You have 3 attempts and no time limit. 

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Time Needed

About 30 minutes.

Learning Objectives

• Students can describe the role weathering, mass wasting, and erosion play in shaping Earth’s surface and can provide and/or identify examples of each of these processes
• Students can describe the evolution of landforms and geologic structures in the context of constructive and/or destructive geologic processes
• Describe how weathering, mass wasting, and erosion are geologically destructive forces
• Recognize the most important agent of erosion
• Differentiate between mechanical and chemical weathering and identify examples