SSA Review

What is the movement of soil from one place to another?

• weathering
• deposition
• discharge
• erosion

How does a sinkhole form?

• Stalactites erode a ceiling of a cave
• Streams in mountains erode sediment
• Underground water forms a cave
• Stream erodes soil making it wider

What is responsible for the formation of sand dunes?

• Wind
• Water
• Gravity
• Ice

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

What is the process of transporting sediments from location to another?

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Compaction

What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
• the top layer of the soil
• decaying plant or animal material 

What is the major cause of weathering and erosion to form canyons?

• wind
• ice
• glaciers
• moving water

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• deposition
• landslide
• weathering
• erosion

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

• Erosion
• Weathering
• Mass movement
• Deposition