Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOCOS SUR

SOIL EROSION
BY SHARON H. MANUEL
Day 1
What happens
after rocks
break?
Choose a partner. Decode
the following jumbled
letters to form a word.
NSAD DUNES

SAND DUNES
Choose a partner. Decode
the following jumbled
letters to form a word.
QUARYINGR

QUARRYING
Choose a partner. Decode
the following jumbled
letters to form a word.
EVIRR
RIVER
Choose a partner. Decode
the following jumbled
letters to form a word.
BOURWRING

BURROWING
Let us find out the meaning of these
words by looking at some pictures.

A sand dune is
a hill of sand
formed by
SAND DUNES wind.
 Let us find out the meaning of these
words by looking at some pictures.

Quarrying is
digging the
ground to obtain
other materials.
QUARRYING
Let us find out the meaning of these
words by looking at some pictures.
A river is a natural
flowing watercourse,
usually freshwater,
flowing towards an
ocean, sea, lake or
another river.
RIVER
 Let us find out the meaning of these
words by looking at some pictures.
making a hole or
tunnel into the
ground to create
a space suitable
for habitation
BURROWING
What similarity
did you notice
in the pictures?
In your EPP subject,
what are the
importance of soil
that you have
learned?
In the pictures that
you saw, what is
happening to the
soil?
Will your families be
affected if your
father’s farmland is
also eroded?
 When rocks are
broken down into
different pieces, it
does not stay in one
place.
Some rock fragments
become part of the
soil. Others are
transferred from one
place to another.
The movement of rock
fragments and soil
from one place to
another is called
erosion.
Materials that are
transported due to
erosion are called
sediments.
 Erosion of rock
fragments greatly
contributes to the soil
formation as well as
formation of landforms.
 GROUP
ACTIVITY
 RUBRICS
1. The group who followed
the procedure correctly gets
2 points, the other gets 1
point
2. First to finish will get 2
points; the other gets 1 point
 RUBRICS
3. The group with the most correct
answers gets 2 points, the other gets 1
4. The most organized and well
behaved group gets 2 points, the other
gets 1 point
5. The group with the neatest work
area gets 2 points, the other gets 1
In which set-up
did the soil
move faster?
Why?
The soil moved faster
in setup B. The rapid
movement of the
water washed away
the soil on setup B.
In which set-up
did the soil
move farther?
Why?
 The soil in setup B moved
farther compared to the
soil in setup A. The force of
the rapid moving water
caused the soil to move
farther from the pan.
Which set-up
move more
soil? Why?
Setup B moved more
soil. The rapid
movement of water
caused the more soil
to be moved away
from the pan.
 What
happened to
the color of the
water?
The color of the
water become
murky or
brownish.
 What can you
conclude about
erosion in the
experiment?
 The force of the
water highly
affects the rate at
which the soil
erodes.
Agents of Soil
Erosion
WATER
Just like in weathering,
there are different
agents of soil erosion. It
includes water, wind,
animals and humans.
 As water flows, it
transports rock and
soil particles from
one place to
another.
 The speed of
flowing water
affects the rate
of erosion.
The faster the water
flows, the faster and
farther the erosion
would be.
 Faster movement of
water can cause many
sediments to be
carried away by the
water.
As water aids erosion, its
color changes depending
on the color of the rock
and the soil particles
that it carries.
For example, water that
flows from a mountain
can be brown because of
the soil particles from
the mountain that it
carries.
 Mud left on the
ground after
flooding is also an
evidence of erosion.
A river in a local town used to be
narrow 10 years ago. As time
passed by, the townspeople
noticed that the river became
wider. Why did the river become
wider? Why did the river become
wider than it was in the past?
What is Soil Erosion?
The movement of rock
fragments and soil from
one place to another is
called erosion.
What is the agent of
soil erosion you have
learned today?

Water
 EVALUATION
1. Which of the following
is an agent of soil erosion?
A. Water C. Clouds
B. Leaves D. Rocks
 EVALUATION
2. Which of the following is most
likely to have soil erosion?
A. Grassland
B. Rice land
C. Sloping bare land
D. Sloping grass land
 EVALUATION
3. Which of the following is the
most common cause of soil
erosion?
A.Dirty water
B.Flowing water
C.Muddy water
D.Stagnant water
 EVALUATION
4. Which statement is true about soil erosion
by water?
A. Gardening can also cause soil erosion.
B. During typhoon, heavy rains wash away
tons of soil.
C. As the wind blows, it carries away some
particles of soil.
D. When animals dig the ground, some soil
stick on their bodies.
 EVALUATION
5. Which statement is true?
A. The speed of flowing water affects the rate
of erosion.
B. The speed of flowing water does not affect
the rate of erosion.
C. The volume of flowing water carries fewer
amount of soil.
D. The volume of flowing water carries lesser
amount of soil.
 ASSIGNMENT
Bring the materials
for the next activity.
See LM pp 160.