Weathering and Erosion Webquest Quiz

Which would most likely increase the erosion caused by a stream?

• Increased Rainfall

• Decreased animal life

• Decreased temperature

• Increased Evaporation

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Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

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When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

• erosion
• weathering
• sediment

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When water, ice and wind move particles of rock and soil from one place to another

• sediment
• weathering
• erosion

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A mass of ice that covers a large area and moves slowly

• gravity
• glacier
• sediment

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Erosion caused by _______________ changes beaches and lakes

• glaciers
• ice
• waves

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Soil is a mixture of the following except

• weathered rock particles

• dead plant material

• garbage

• dead animal material

the process in which sediment particles are picked up and moved from one place to another

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• erosion
• deposition

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Name the two types of weathering

• Chemical and Operational

• Mechanical and Chemical

• Mechanical and Deposition

What is the definition of Deposition?

• The action of deposing someone especially a monarch.

• The transfer of weathered material or sediment.

• The deposit of weather sediment in a new location.