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Sketch Area A<br />

3. Describe the pattern the sugar has formed at the far end of the table after 2 minutes.<br />

4. What is the average length of the bounce of a sugar grain leaving the cone of sugar? Is the second<br />

bounce of a sugar grain longer or shorter than the first bounce?<br />

5. How high above the table does the sugar rise (in centimeters).<br />

After three minutes turn off the fan and make a sketch of the cone. Include both a top and side view.<br />

6. Second Sketch (use Sketch Area A):<br />

Turn the fan back on for another two minutes. Be sure to note the saltation of the sugar grains at the far end<br />

of the table. Sugar from the cone will hit sugar grains on the table and make them move along in saltation or<br />

traction. After two minutes turn the fan off and make a final sketch of the top and side views of what<br />

remains of the cone of sugar.<br />

7. Final Sketch (use Sketch Area A):<br />

Compare your previous two sketches with the final one.<br />

8. From where has most of the sugar been eroded on the cone?<br />

9. Has any sugar been deposited around the cone? If so, where?<br />

108<br />

Exercise Nine: Aeolian Processes<br />

Activities in <strong>Planetary</strong> <strong>Geology</strong> for the Physical and Earth Sciences EG-1998-03-109-HQ

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