Name:

_______________________________________ Date: ____________________ Class: ________________

1.6 Investigate: How does the river affect the land and how does land use affect the river?
Do Now Directions: Last class we investigated the question, How does the river affect the land and how does land use
affect the river? We used stream tables to discover first hand how land use affects erosion and deposition. Match the
following terms that will be used in class today. If you read these directions circle your name.

1. ____ Erosion
2. ____ Deposition
3. ____ Run off
4. ____ Land Use
5. ____ Land Cover
6. ____ Variable
7. ____ Simulate

A. A process in which Earths materials are loosed and removed

B. To imitate how something happens in the real world by acting it out
using a model
C. How people use the Earths surface (industrial, residential,
commercial, agricultural)
D. Water from rain or melted snow that moves over the surface of the
land.
E. The setting down (settling) of Earths materials onto another area.
F. Something that is able to change in an experiment
G. Materials that cover the Earths surface.

Extension Directions: If you finish early, on the back write a few sentences about how you think land cover affects
erosion and/or deposition.



Name: _______________________________________ Date: ____________________ Class: ________________
1.6 Investigate: How does the river affect the land and how does land use affect the river?
Do Now Directions: Last class we investigated the question, How does the river affect the land and how does land use
affect the river? We used stream tables to discover first hand how land use affects erosion and deposition. Match the
following terms that will be used in class today. If you read these directions circle your name.

1. ____ Erosion
2. ____ Deposition
3. ____ Run off
4. ____ Land Use
5. ____ Land Cover
6. ____ Variable
7. ____ Simulate

H. A process in which Earths materials are loosed and removed

I. To imitate how something happens in the real world by acting it out
using a model
J. How people use the Earths surface (industrial, residential,
commercial, agricultural)
K. Water from rain or melted snow that moves over the surface of the
land.
L. The setting down (settling) of Earths materials onto another area.
M. Something that is able to change in an experiment
N. Materials that cover the Earths surface.

Extension Directions: If you finish early, on the back write a few sentences about how you think land cover affects
erosion and/or deposition.

Name: _______________________________________________ Date: _________________ Class:____________

Think about the stream tables. What is one variable that might affect the amount of deposition in a river? Explain how
that variable affects the amount of deposition in the river.
Investigation:

What is one variable that might affect the amount of

__________________________ in a river?
Claim
(a statement about what you understand
or a conclusion you have reached from an
investigation)

Evidence
(Observations, events, or statements that
you have found that support a claim)

One variable that might affect the

amount of deposition in a river is

During our investigation we

observed

Reasoning
(Explains how you connected the evidence
or the science behind your claim)

Therefore, I think deposition is

affected by _________________
because








Write your paragraph using what you outlined in your chart above. It works like a TIED paragraph.
Topic Sentence.
In class, we recently investigated _________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________.
Introduction to the Claim
I claim that ___________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________.
Evidence
During our investigation we found that ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________.
Reasoning (Description
Therefore, I think ______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Closing Statement:
In conclusion, ________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: _______________________________________________ Date: _________________ Class:____________

Think about the stream tables. What is one variable that might affect the amount of erosion in a river? Explain how that
variable affects the amount of erosion in the river.
Investigation:

What is one variable that might affect the amount of

__________________________ in a river?
Claim
(a statement about what you understand
or a conclusion you have reached from an
investigation)

Evidence
(Observations, events, or statements that
you have found that support a claim)

One variable that might affect the

amount of erosion in a river is

During our investigation we

observed

Reasoning
(Explains how you connected the evidence
or the science behind your claim)

Therefore, I think erosion is

affected by _________________
because








Write your paragraph using what you outlined in your chart above. It works like a TIED paragraph.
Topic Sentence.
In class, we recently investigated _________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________.
Introduction to the Claim
I claim that ___________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________.
Evidence
During our investigation we found that ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________.
Reasoning (Description
Therefore, I think ______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Closing Statement:
In conclusion, ________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________



Sample worksheet. Scholars will receive notes that s the size of the page. Scholars will be encouraged to take additional
notes.