Unscramble the letters to

identify the words being

described which are
associated with the Earth’s
surface.
These are what rocks made
up of
A natural solid material which is usually
made up of one or more Minerals
Breaking down of rocks into
smaller pieces
 Tiny pieces of rocks which are
combined with water and remains of
animals and plants.
Move away or carry away
1. What does the man doing?

2. What does the wind do to

the soil?
3. Why do you think the roots of
the trees are already exposed?
4. Where will the sand/soil
go during floods?
5. What are similar with
the pictures 1,2, 3 & 4?
You have learned from the previous lessons
that rocks changes as they break slowly into
smaller pieces and that is called weathering.
But have you ever wondered what are
produced after weathering or what happens
after rocks are broken into smaller pieces?
Let’s find out by doing an activity.
1. Answering follow up questions
about the pictures presented in
the previous activity.
a. What does mining do to rocks?
b. Where does the soil /sand go
when blown by the wind?
c. When the roots grow over the
years, what do you think will
happen to the soil where it is
planted?
d. How would you describe the
soil when mixed with water?
A. Mining breaks the rocks into small
pieces.
B. The soil/sand will be blown by the
wind to another places.
C. The soil will be disintegrated or split.
D. The soil will be muddy and becomes
dark.
Soil erosion…
is the moving or carrying away of
soil from one place to another.
is a continuous process that
gradually change the natural
environment overtime.
 What’s the
difference between
weathering and
erosion? Draw it.
 You have some potted plants at
home. Every morning you water the
plants using a sprinkler with big holes.
After few days, you noticed that the soil
in the pot has been eroded. What do
you think is the reason behind this?
Will you continue using the same
sprinkler in watering your plants?
 Soil erosion is
the moving or
What is carrying away
of soil from
soil one place to
erosion… another.
 DIRECTIONS:
Identify the word being
described by each item.
1. The process that moves
sediments
A) Erosion
B) Weathering
C) Dissolution
D) Fracture
 DIRECTIONS:
2-5. Tell whether each
picture shows weathering
or erosion.
2.
3.
4.
5.