Printable vocabulary match-up resource for Lesson 9. Cut-out cards pairing weathering and erosion terms with child-friendly definitions and an example, for a group matching activity, plus a teacher answer key. Supports the Weathering Detectives worksheet.
Print one set per group and cut out all the cards (keep the term cards and definition cards separated). Groups race to match each term to its definition and its example. Then check with the answer key and fix any that were wrong.
Term cards
Term
Term
Term
Term
Weathering
Mechanical weathering
Chemical weathering
Biological weathering
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
Topsoil
Definition cards (cut out and shuffle)
Definition
Example
Rock is broken into smaller pieces where it is
a cliff slowly crumbling
Rock is physically broken without changing what it is
water freezing in a crack (freeze & thaw)
A chemical reaction breaks the rock down
acid rain dissolving limestone
Living things break the rock
tree roots cracking a path; mining
Broken pieces are moved away by wind, water or ice
a river carrying sand downstream
The carrying of the pieces to a new place
wind blowing sand across a desert
The pieces settle and are dropped in a new place
sand building up into a sandbank
The dark, nutrient-rich top layer of soil where plants grow