Erosion & Deposition

What is the primary force behind erosion?

• Earth

• Wind

• Fire

• Gravity

What is the most COMMON type of erosion?

• Water

• Wind

• Gravity

• Glacier

The transportation of rocks & soil from one place to another is called? (the way rocks move from place to place)

• Erosion

• Depostion

• Magic

• Rockslide

When rocks and sediments are deposited into a new location is called?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Hurricane

• Rockslide

Creeps, slumps, rockslides and mudslides are all what type of erosion?

• Water

• Glacier

• Gravity

• Wind

Rivers and ocean waves cause what type of erosion?

• Wind

• Glacier

• Water

• Gravity

What type of erosion causes sand dune migration?

• Water

• Glacier

• Gravity

• Wind

What type of erosion moves rocks and sediments from slow moving ice?

• Glacier

• Gravity

• Wind

• Water

Long Island is a result of deposition called a Till. What type of erosion creates a till? What type of erosion created Long Island?

• Water

• Glacier

• Wind

• Gravity

Jetties, large rocks and plant roots all help slow down what type of erosion?

• River

• Beach

• Glacier

• Gravity