Erosion

What is weathering?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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What is erosion?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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Small pieces of rock that have been weathered from a larger rock are known as...

• sand

• sediment

• soil

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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 

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Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shinning onto a mountain

• Rain breaking down rock

• Wind blowing away sediment

• All of the above

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Which agents  break down earth materials?

• wind only
• earthquakes and gravity
• ice and 007
• wind, water, and ice

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Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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A small stream or other source of flowing water cannot form a canyon?

• True
• False

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Glaciers shape and carve away the land beneath them and can drastically reshape the landscape over hundreds or even thousands of years.

• True
• False

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