Lesson 3 check Review

Multiple Choice

What is erosion?

• Wind or water carrying rocks and soil to a new place

• large pieces of ice floating in water

• breaking down of rocks

Multiple Select

What two things are examples that people can use to stop erosion?

• rocks

• plants

• dirt

• paper

Fill in the Blank

Farmers plow ________rows of fields on hills to help block water from flowing down the hill.

Fill in the Blank

A ________ is a row of trees that helps block the wind.

Multiple Choice

Natalie and Robert live in a house that is next to an ocean.

Each year the ocean waves get closer to the house because erosion. They created a plan that uses a dam to stop the ocean waves from getting closer to the house.

• Natalie uses sandbags to build a dam.

• Robert uses sticks to build a dam.