Module 3:Time- Traveling Tour Guide

Vocabulary (students were given a packet with vocabulary and definitions)

Driving Question 1 Lessons 1-4 (Quiz on Tuesday 12/9)

erosion 

When broken pieces of rock are moved to another place by wind or water

landscape

All of the features that can be seen in an area of land

sediment

Natural material, such as sand or soil, carried by water

weathering

When rocks are broken down by weather (wind, water), plants, or animals

cause

The things that makes something happen

effect 

A change caused by something that happened

scale 

On a map or diagram, the part that shows the relation between something’s real size and its size on the map or diagram

Driving Question 2 Lessons 1-4 

fossil

The preserved remains or traces of ancient plans and animals

layer

A level of material that is different from the material above and below it

form

To be made or shaped, or to make something in a certain shape

Driving Question 3 Lessons 1-4 

delta

The part of a river near the river mouth where sediments deposit because the water flow slows down

downstream

The direction the water flows,  down towards the mouth of the river or the sea

river mouths

The part of the river where it flows into another body of water (a lake, ocean, or a bigger river)

river source

The place where a river starts, where the water comes out of the ground

river bed

The ground at the bottom of a river

sculpt

To make something by carving/molding material 

transportation

The process in which material such as rocks, soil, sediments) is moved around the Earth’s surface by wind, water, etc. 

upstream

The direction the water flows, up towards the source of the river 

deposition

The dumping or depositing of material such as rock, sand, or sediment, to a new location

flooding

When a lot of water covers parts of the land that are not not normally underwater 

Driving Question 4 Lessons 1-6

glacial erratic

Rocks that are carried by glaciers then deposited or dropped

glacial lake

An area of water that was created by a glacier 

glacial striation

A scratch or groove in the land caused by a moving glacier

moraine

A pile of material (rock, soil) left behind from a moving glacier

river plucking 

When a glacier freezes onto pieces of rocks and pulls them away from the ground as the glacier moves away