Module 2.
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Erosion and Deposition
Exogenic Processes
Objectives
a. identify the different agents of erosion and deposition
b. describe characteristic surface features and landforms created and the processes that contributed to
their formation
Lecture
Erosion, weathering, and deposition are at work everywhere on Earth. Exogenic processes are
essentially driven by forces generated by the Sun-Earth system and by the pull of gravity. The sun’s
energy drives the water cycle. Gravity pulls anything toward the center of Earth causing rock and other
materials to move downhill. Water's movements (both on land and underground) cause weathering
and erosion, which change the land's surface features and create underground formations.
Erosion goes hand in hand with the deposition process. Because deposition drops sediments and built
new landforms.
Below is a diagram that shows the different methods of erosion and the different land formations.
Exogenic Processes
Erosion Deposition
Agents of Erosion Formation of New Landforms
Running water Canyons Delta
- creates most -large valleys - soil and dirt
changes in Erath`s created due to deposits at the
landscape running water mouth of the river
Oceans / Sea waves
- breaks Meanders
Floodplains
down materialand - S-shaped loop
- formed in a low-
supply sand to the stream due to
lying areas along the
beaches deposited sediments
sides of a river channel
Glaciers over time
- carrydebris
and move across Sand Dunes
land resulting to Beach - large piles of
glacial landforms - deposits are sand gathered by
from the grinding wind
action of wave and
Wind wind
- greatest Valleys and Plains
impacts on deserts U-shaped Valleys - landforms due
- landform to Gravity
Groundwater
- caused by glaciers
responsible for
geologic formations
of Aquifers
Gravity
- main driving
force or erosion
leading to masss
wasting
Activity 1
Name: ___________________________________ Score: ________________________
Section: __________________________________ Date: ________________________
Moving and Dumping
A. Direction: Refer to the concept to answer the table below. Write your answers to the space provided.
(1 pt. each number)
EROSION DEPOSITION
(MOVING ROCKS ) (DUMPING ROCKS )
Erosion processes pick up and move those A deposition is the settling out of the smallest
weathered fragments to different locations. fragments (sediments) after they have been
eroded.
There are agents (methods) of erosion. Write down Think of five places or locations of deposition and align
what they are here: your answers to the methods of erosion in the first
column.
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2. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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4. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4. --------------------------------------------------------------
5.----------------------------------------------------------------- 5. ---------------------------------------------------------------
6. During erosion, the rock fragments may be further
broken down into smaller particles called sediment.
Give an example: ____________________________
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/weathering-erosion-and-deposition-revision-6196700
B. Directions: Analyze the pictures below and identify the method/agent of erosion its land formation.
( 1 pt. each number)
1. ________ 3. ________
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2. _________ 4. _________
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C. Directions: Describe the diagram below and explain how Velocity of the water and Volume of water passing
through enhance the ability of the stream to transport sediments. Write your ideas in bullet form.(10 pts)
The different sediment loads of a stream and how they are transported.
(Source: http://web.gccaz.edu/~lnewman/gph111/topic_units/fluvial/16_07.jpg)
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Rubrics
Understanding of the topic = 5 pts
Quality of composition = 3 pts
Organization of thoughts = 2 pts
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PARENT’S SIGNATURE OVER PRINTED NAME DATE
Activity 2
Name: ___________________________________ Score: ________________________
Section: __________________________________ Date: ________________________
Weathering Erosion Deposition Cycle
A.Directions: Illustrate through drawing how does Sun and gravity as essential factors in driving the
weathering, erosion, and deposition processes. (10 pts)
Rubrics
Understanding of the topic = 5 pts
Quality of composition = 3 pts
Organization of thoughts = 2 pts
B.Directions: Write a short conveying letter with possible ways of solving erosion to the government.
Erosional Control
Erosion is now becoming a bigger problem in the farming industry. It is a natural process, but human
activities make it worse. There are proven and tested ways to control it. As a student, you can help too.Use
your ideas on erosionby writing a short conveying letter and suggest ways to the government on how to at
least lessen the problem about the erosion.
( 15 points)
Conveying thoughts = 7 pts
Organization of scientific ideas = 5 pts
Grammar and Spelling =3 pts
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PARENT’S SIGNATURE OVER PRINTED NAME DATE
References
https://www.teacherph.com/earth-life-science-teaching-guide/
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/erosion/
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F3-540-31060-6_121
https://kidskonnect.com/science/erosion/?signup=basic\
https://clarkscience8.weebly.com/weathering-erosion-deposition.html
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/weathering-erosion-and-deposition-revision-6196700
Answer Key
Activity 1 Moving and Dumping
A. Direction: Refer to the concept to answer the table below. Write your answers to the space provided.
EROSION DEPOSITION
(MOVING ROCKS ) (DUMPING ROCKS )
Erosion processes pick up and move those A deposition is the settling out of the smallest
weathered fragments to different locations. fragments (sediments) after they have been
eroded.
There are at least four agents (methods) of erosion. Can you think of five places where the deposition
Write down what they are here: may occur?
Water/ Groundwater/Running Water/Rain River deltas
1. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. --------------------------------------------------------------
Wind Deserts
2. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2. ----------------------------------------------------------------
Ice / Glaciers Base of glaciers
3. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3. --------------------------------------------------------------
Gravity Base of mountains
4. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4. ------------------------------------------------------------
Waves Ocean / Seas
5. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5. ----------------------------------------------------------------
6.. Pebbles in rivers are further broken down by
rubbing against each other as they are moved
downstream.
B. Directions: Analyze the pictures below and identify the method/agent of erosion and identify the landform
formation.
1. Waves 3. Glaciers
Beach U – shaped Valleys
2. Wind 4. Gravity
Sand dunes Valleys
C. Directions: Describe the diagram below and explain how the Velocity of the water and Volume of water
passing through enhancing the ability of the stream to transport sediments. Write your ideas in bullet form.
(10 pts)
Velocity – dictates the ability of the stream to erode and transport; controlled by gradient, channel size
and shape, channel roughness, and the amount of water flowing in the channel
Discharge – a volume of water passing through a cross-section of a stream during a given time; as the
discharge increases, the width of the channel, the depth of flow, or flow velocity increase individually
or simultaneously
Or Channel slope ↓, Channel roughness ↓, Discharge ↑, Channel size↑, Flow velocity↓
Streams transport their sediment load in three ways: in solution (dissolved load), in suspension
(suspended load), sliding and rolling along the bottom (bedload)
Activity 2
Weathering Erosion Deposition Cycle
A.Directions: Explain how does Sun and gravity as essential factors in driving the weathering, erosion, and
deposition processes. Present your ideas in bullet form (10 pts)
Exogenic processes are essentially driven by forces generated by the Sun-Earth system and by the pull of gravity. The
sun’s energy drives the water cycle and gravity controls rock and water movement downslope.
