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8th Grade Weathering and Rock Layers Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Rock layers record Earth's history, and processes such as erosion and glaciers shape the surface over short and very long times. There are 5 sheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key. Order Rock Events Using Cross Cutting orders 11 units, Label the Rock Layers of the Grand Canyon uses ages from the National Park Service, and Label Landforms Carved by Glaciers sorts erosion from deposition. The sheets practice MS-ESS1-4 and MS-ESS2-2.

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An unconformity is an old erosion surface where rock wore away before new layers formed on top. It marks a gap in the rock record. At the Grand Canyon's Great Unconformity, rock once above the Vishnu Schist was worn away.

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