Erosion

Erosion

Multiple Choice

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?

• Ice wedging
• Glacier
• Iceberg
• Dune

Multiple Choice

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake is called a...

• sea cave

• mountain

• delta

Multiple Choice

What is one mass movement that occurs quickly from weathering, erosion, and deposition?

• landslides or mudslide

• mountain building

• creeps

• formation of caves

Multiple Choice

What is the main agent that causes landslides, mudflows, slumps, and creeps to occur?

• water

• gravity

• ice

• wind

Multiple Choice

When a glacier moves, it picks up and carries the rocks with it. These rocks are weathered by:

• abrasion

• exfoliation

• thermal expansion

• hydrolysis

Multiple Choice

A delta (opening of a river) is formed by________.

• Plate movement

• Deposition (adding of sand and other material)

Multiple Choice

Canyons are formed by_____.

• Erosion

• Plate movement

Multiple Choice

What is responsible for the formation of sand dunes?

• Wind
• Water
• Gravity
• Ice