Erosion

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

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Compaction

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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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What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?

• Ice wedging
• Glacier
• Iceberg
• Dune

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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How do plants in the soil affect how fast erosion happens?

• It doesn't affect erosion.

• It slows down erosion.

• It speeds up erosion.

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Which of the following is NOT an element of erosion?

• Water

• Wind

• Chemical

• Electrical Current

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