Sophie's Interactive Workbook- Geologic Processes

Interactive Notebook:
Geologic Processes Forming Earth Surface

SOPHIE WELTLE

The Earth is a dynamic, ever changing planet. The interaction between the hydrosphere and the lithosphere reshapes the surface over and over again. It is a constant process of building up and tearing down. While we aren't alive for all the changes, the evidence is around us, and we use models to simulate the long term changes.

Let's explore four geologic processes in our workbook.

Puzzle Fun

Time-lapse video of bluff erosion on Barter Island, Alaska
Recorded June 1, 2019 - August 18, 2019

Table of Contents

Caves..... Page 4-5
Coastlines..... Page 6-7
Deserts..... Page 8-9
Glaciers..... Page 10-11
Mixed..... Page 12-13
Puzzles+..... Page 14

Caves

Use the box to Add 3D models for the main rock types dissolved to create caves.

Gypsum - desert rose, R. Moldova (mineral)

Check out the Umanose Sea Cave found in Japan

Use the slider to see cave formation before and after.

Cave Formation

Use the four spaces to find images for the other ways caves are formed.

Coastline Erosion

1. READ THE descriptions in the blue box.
2. Check out the 3D models.
3. move the description to the proper landform.

WAVE-CUT PLATFORM

These form when a sea cliff is worn back from the shore, producing a nearly level region beneath the water at the base of the cliff.

HEADLANDS

Finger-shaped projections that form when cliffs of hard rock erode more slowly than the surrounding softer rock does.