Weathering and Erosion Song

• published: 29 Jun 2012
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Here is a song I created to help my 6th grade students study. I hope you enjoy. When rock will break up pieces And become smaller now If they remain simply breaking down Weathering when water freezes And thaws in the springtime It splits rocks in two And it's ice in a cold December But water when it becomes warm And rocks broken they're expanding And seeps in fissures and the holes that freezes on now Start with a chunk of large bedrock It's weathering when it's breaking down Mechanical and chemical Biotic, rocks are smaller now Movement of rocks, taking some time Erosion rocks moving aside And out of all the forces done By water, wind, they travel now, now It can be chemical reactions Breaking down bonds That do hold the rocks together Makes them fall apart Oxidation, carbonation, hydrolysis rocks are soft Helping to break them all apart By some other force Start with a chunk of large bedrock It's weathering when it's breaking down Mechanical and chemical Biotic, rocks are smaller now Movement of rocks, taking some time Erosion rocks moving aside And out of all the forces done By water, wind, they travel now The roots go down The rocks are cracking and breaking They wedge and widen space they make And it's ice in a cold December But water when it becomes warm And rocks broken they're expanding And seeps in fissures and the holes that freezes on now Start with a chunk of large bedrock It's weathering when it's breaking down Mechanical and chemical Biotic, rocks are smaller now Movement of rocks, taking some time Erosion rocks moving aside And out of all the forces done By water, wind, they travel now Start with a chunk of large bedrock It's weathering when it's breaking down Mechanical and chemical Biotic, rocks are smaller now