Weathering & Mass Wasting Exercise: Complete the table below and answer the questions. (10 pts.)
1. How is weathering different
than mass wasting?
2. After gravity, what appears
to be the next most important factor causing mass wasting and why?
3. Chemical weathering is most influentual in what type of climate and why?
4. How are joints different
than faults?
5. Describe where and why you might find a gigantic boulder split in half?
| Place and Setting (where and how you would find this mass wasting feature) | Diagram (draw what this feature looks like) | Label & Attributes (moisture, speed, other prominent distinctions - see chart in textbook) |
| Puget Sound, WA. - upon closer inspection, our team see cracks near the top of this feature, along with bulging below | ||
| Brooks Range, Alaska - from the air we can see an extensive warp in the tundra, as if it were moving | ||
| Coast Range, CA - driving by on the highway, it looks like a giant ampitheater as a mass of earth rotates outward | ||
| Yosemite Valley - judging from the talus slope below, climbing to Yosemite waterfalls can be hazardous | ||
| *Bear Valley, CA - a giant ravine is created over a mile down to the raging Stanislaus River, normally among dry volcanic soils |
