🌎 WEATHERING WORKSHEET: Rock Detective Challenge
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🎬 PART 1: VIDEO CHECK (Based on "Weathering for Kids")

1. What is weathering?

   • Breaking and moving rocks far away

   • Building up mountains over time

   • Breaking rocks into smaller pieces ✓

   • Coloring rocks with minerals

2. The 3 weathering types from the video are:

   • Chemical, Mechanical, Biological ✓

   • Hot, Cold, Wet

   • Big, Medium, Small

   • Water, Wind, Ice

3. TRUE or FALSE: Weathering happens fast (days/weeks).

   • True

   • False ✓

4. Match these examples to the correct weathering type:

   Examples:

   • Tree roots cracking sidewalk

   • Acid rain dissolving limestone

   • Water freezing in rock cracks

   • Rabbit digging tunnels near rocks

   • Rust forming on metal gate

   • Sun heating & cooling rocks daily

   Weathering Types:
   A) Chemical Weathering
   B) Mechanical Weathering
   C) Biological Weathering

5. Grand Canyon Formation:
   The Colorado River creating the Grand Canyon shows:

   • Only weathering

   • Only erosion

   • Weathering AND erosion working together ✓

   • A sudden, quick event