Unit 10 Trashketball

Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting

Game Rules• Get into groups of three• Each group member will be assigned a number.• Everyone is to write the correct answer from each power

point slide onto their white board.• Use your group members for support!• Once everyone has agreed upon the correct answer and

recorded it onto their board, they will raise their hand. • If the team’s answer is correct they will receive a point

AND be given the opportunity to receive extra points.• The teacher will call upon one team member to shoot a

paper ball into the trashcan or recycle bin. • The recycle bin is worth one point and the trashcan is

worth two points.

SAMPLE QUESTION!!!!

• What is Glucose?

Sugar

What is the breakdown of rock that occurs on Earth’s surface called?

DEFINE: parent material

What is the type of mechanical weathering occurs because of thawing and freezing?

What type of chemical weathering is acid rain related to?

DEFINE: abrasion.

What type of weathering is the peeling of rock layers from the exposed bedrock?

DEFINE: mechanical weathering.

What is this picture showing?

DEFINE: chemical weathering.

What is horizon A also called?

True or false, a soil profile is a cross section of Earth.

Which layer of soil is the subsoil?

DEFINE: residual soil.

DEFINE: transported soil.

What is the fastest mass movement?

What is the slowest mass movement?

What is the removal and transportation of rock by wind and water?

DEFINE: mass movement.

What are two ways soil is depleted?

True or false, salinization is dissolved minerals in an acid solution that evaporate on the

soil, drying it out.

True or false, fertilizer might prevent soil erosion.