Agents of Erosion Practice Quiz

What are some of the agents of erosion?

• Water

• Wind

• Gravity

• All of the above

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What does the agents of erosion do?

• They break rocks down into sediments

• They transport the broken down sediments

• They compress sediments together

• None of the above

What is the difference between the agent of flowing water, and the agent of waves

• Nothing's different, they're the same

• Flowing water is basically a stream, so it carries the sediments into creek or lake. Waves end up washing the sediments off into the shore

• The process is different

• I have no idea

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One Agent of erosion is...

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Which process happens first?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

Which of the following is NOT an agent of erosion?

• Wind

• Water

• Fire

• Ice

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What is another way of saying, "Moving Ice?"

• Slippery Ice

• Water

• Living Ice

• Glaciers

When you think of "Agents Of Erosion," which agent do you think of first?

Does the erosion agent of water clean up the sediments, or does it move it away?

• It moves it away

• It cleans it up

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Why do you think Gravity is involved with this?

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