Rapid and Slow Process of Erosion

Rapid Process of Erosion: Definition: Fast process of an erosion for example a volcano erupt and bursts out magma which turns to a igneous rock then a sediment then it becomes a sediment rock and then it becomes a metamorphic rock and the cycle repeats.

Example: Volcano

1.The area for the danger zone for a volcano is is usually 20 miles


2. A volcanic eruption can cause other natural disasters to happen


3.There are more than 500 volcanoes in the ring of fire



Slow Process of Erosion: Definition: A slow process of erosion for example weathering takes a long time to erode so it's a slow process.

Example: Weathering

1.Weathering only takes a few days.


2.Weathering is when ice or water gets into a crack of a rock and completely splits it.


3.Plants attack the cracks of the rocks.

Mechanical and Chemical Erosion

Mechanical: When other physical objects grind a rock or a solid particle

1. When waves hit sea rocks grind part of the rock away

2. When floods happen the water from the flood eroded the land.






Chemical: When a chemical interferes with a solid and disolves it.

1.The rusting of a metal.

2. When Acid touches limestone the limestone will melt.

Final Reflection on Land Forms

The Landform unit has come to an end I really enjoyed it. I liked the experiments a lot and the Wadi Degla field trip. Sure it was a drag writing 14 posts but at least you learned a lot of new things.

Something that might surprise you is that I never knew what Erosion was before. Now I know different kinds of erosion, here are few. Water erosion, sand erosion and chemical erosion. I also learned a lot of new vocabulary words that I didn't know before. I will explain the 3 things I found most fun. The experiments, The field trip and us writing the blogs about this unit.

Firstly, the experiments. I found the experiments really hard because we only had an hour to them and when we did the experiments the notes where very hard to write because we had a ten second gap. While the person was saying the note, time was passing and the notetaker has 10 seconds to write it. Imagine that for a few minutes. The wind experiment I had to do it mostly alone because my science partners accidentally inhaled the sand. I also had a lot of tension because I was short on time and it was our teachers birthday that day so we had to do a surprise. Overall I think I met the expectations with the experiments.

Secondly, is the Wadi field trip. This is probably my favorite field trip and experience because we got to go on a huge hike, wave at random people and see Acid dropped in limestone. Now I know people are going to say, “OMG Pranay how could you think the trip was awesome. It was hot, it was tiring and it was sweaty. If I could think of 1 word to describe it was horrible!” Well those people who are going to say that i’m gonna say, it was  amazing because this probably like a once in a lifetime thing for many of us and we should be thankful that we got to go here.

And Finally, The way I wrote all of my posts. Now These were very hard for me since I was very busy during this unit so I got to work on it almost only in school. We all had to write 14 posts and it was very hard but all of us persevered and we completed the blog. I really am excited for the next unit. I really enjoyed this unit and this will definitely be 1 of my favorites.

Cool Careers

Bioligist:
A bioligist is a person who studies different species of plants and animals. They look at body parts and what features of that species. They are important because they discover and study new things about already known or unkown species. A bioligist helps us understand plants and animals.

Geoligist:
A geoligist is a person who studies rocks, minerals and other things about the Earth. A geoligist helps us understand things about rocks that we might have not known before and help us understand these things better. A geologist also studies things such as gems, crystals, and metals to further understand their properties.


Oceanography:
Oceanography is the study of oceans or large bodies of water such as seas. lakes, rivers, etc.. Oceanography is a very important study because we will learn about marine life and possible threat the ocean might pose to us. We can discover new species or learn about already known species because of  oceanography.

Google Slides Wind Erosion

Wadi Field Trip

It was hotter than ever with the UV rays shining in our eyes. Sweat running like tears, we were all exhausted. It was worse for me to carry a 10kg bag, a water bottle and a notebook.
Dr. Bill told us a lot of info but before we talk about that I will tell you about our walk. It was very fun the first few minutes but after that it got boring. It took us about 5  minutes to get us out of the sight of the gate. I got a bit worried that we would get lost but after a while I lost that sensation. I saw a lot of plastic bags wondering how they got their.
I saw many possible snake holes but all of them did not of snakes in them. I was slowly trailing toward the back with my friends. There was a bus behind us and I didn't know why. I drank my lemonade as we reached the destination.

 I sat down as Dr.Bill started talking. We learned a lot of fascinating information and then we got to explore. It wasn't really that interesting but what was more interesting was the hike we did. Mr. O lead it and it was really fun. 1 of my classmates fell and cracked his phone. I was really lucky that I didn't break my phone while I slipped. After a few minutes the hike was over and we went on our journey back to the gate. When we reached the end we took a group picture and we went back in the bus to school

Experiment 4: Dam

Question: Will a dam we create stop the water flow



Hypothesis: I think that the dam will work and hold of the water.




Materials:4 cups of water, Bucket with big hole, Ruler, sand, hard sand, clay, Bucket with 3 pipes and small hole at end, wooden wedge, Cubes, Leaves.






Procedure:Put sand and hard sand and clay in the bucket with pipes. Mix the sand and clay.
make sand 20 cm in the length is the side without the hole. Take the wooden wedge and put it under the sand side. Put the ruler under the bucket in the sand side. Make the dam, Pour water








Observation: The dam easily held of the water for 2-3 minutes. The water tried 2 different ways until it finally went under the dam. It shocked me because I never thought of that. Near the end of the experiment the water also went from the sides.





Conclusion: I think the water outsmarted us because we thought that the dam will hold off the water. But instead the water went under the dam and went normal. This was not easy for the water because for 2 -3 minutes the water was blocked off.

Experiment 3: Flood

Question: What happens when the force of water increases





Hypothesis: I think that the process will be faster because the sand is already wet so the water will travel faster. I think that more sand will get carried because there is more pressure in the water.


Materials: 4 cups of water, Bucket with big hole, Ruler, sand, hard sand, clay, Bucket with 3 pipes and small hole at end, wooden wedge.






Procedure: Put sand and hard sand and clay in the bucket with pipes. Mix the sand and clay.
make sand 20 cm in the length is the side without the hole. Take the wooden wedge and put it under the sand side. Put the ruler under the bucket in the sand side. Pour water

Observation: The water reached the end of the stream table very quickly and that was definitly becasue the force of the water had increased because the hole was bigger. But another varible was that the water would then run out more quickly so I wonder if that would affect the out come. The sand was already wet so that might have made it easier for the water for it to travel faster. I think if my group could have redoed this experiment with normal sand that there might have been a diffferent outcome.

Conclusion: I think the reason the water went out fast was because the sand was already wet. It was very suprising to me because the water went different then both of the other experiments. I think that was because there was a big hole in the bucket.

Virtual Reality expierence

I think the Virtual reality was very fun to do. I saw the grand canyon and Victoria falls. I notice that in Victoria falls when the fell it cut of sides of the canyon and created a pool.
In the grand canyon it was different because there was not a water fall so there wasn't much water pressure but the water went very fast probably because it made a slope.
Overall I think it was very fun experience for me and I felt like I was there.

APL QUOTE

"Don't Raise your voice, improve your argument." Desmond Tutu

I think what this quote means is that in an argument don't raise your voice because it won't help you.
The second part say's "improve your argument." so maybe that means focus on how you can argue with others better. I think overall this means focus on you argument more than you voice.

I think this is a good quote for beginning  politicians or people who argue because when I watch the news I see a lot of people raising their voice and not focusing in the argument.

I wonder if maybe the person who said this quote had made this mistake and wanted other people not to make the same mistake as him.

Experiment 2: Depotition

Question: What happens to land when it gets eroded





Hypothesis: I think it will go separate ways and form a deep valley after it is dried out. I also think it carry a lot of sand with it.



Materials:4 cups of water, Bucket with small hole, Ruler, sand, hard sand, clay, Bucket with 3 pipes and small hole at end, wooden wedge.


Procedure:Put sand and hard sand and clay in the bucket with pipes. Mix the sand and clay.
make sand 20 cm in the length is the side without the hole. Take the wooden wedge and put it under the sand side. Put the ruler under

the bucket in the sand side. Pour water




Observation: When the water first touched the sand it did what it did in the last experiment, it just made a little pool and sat there after 1 minute it traveled to the slope part of the sand and the pathway towards the slope was slowly going down in the ground. after 15 - 30 minutes the water made it become a river and the water travelled through the streams to the bucket. After the water had ran out the river became a canyon which had crack in the side.

Conclusion: This one was almost the same as the first one. We did the same thing so I think that is why it was almost the same as the last one. What was different from this experiment was that the shape and the way of the canyon was different from the first was even tho it was the same experiment with no varibles changed. I wonder if there are a number of patterens for every single varible changed or is it just random every time.

The pictures were in the school laptop and I did not have them.