Erosion & Deposition

Which practice would cause erosion?

• Not using good farming practices
• Skiing
• Placing silt fences around building sites
• Filling gullies with rocks

The proces where soil and rock are moved from one place to another.

• Deposition
• Abrasion
• Erosion
• conservation

The process when soil or rock are left or placed in a new location.

• Erosion
• Weathering
• Mass movement
• Deposition

At the beach which agent of erosion affects the coast?

• Wind
• Water
• Animals
• Gravity

At the beach which agent of erosion affects the coast?

• Wind
• Water
• Animals
• Gravity

What are examples of mass movement?

• Landslides and mudflows
• Slumps
• Creeps
• All of these

What is the cause of mass movement?

• Chemical weathering
• Abrasion
• Erosion
• Gravity

When a large amount of dirt and rock move downhill, this is known as a

• mudflow
• landslide
• creep 
• lahar

The process of grinding rocks is called

• tilling
• surging
• plucking
• abrasion

If a large amount of sediment suddenly slips downhill in one huge mass, it is called a 

• slump
• lahar
• creep
• rill