Vocabulary Quiz(lesson 4)

What is weathering

• the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.

• bulk movements of soil and rock debris down slopes in response to the pull of gravity

What is erosion

• the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice

• the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.

What is mass movement

• bulk movements of soil and rock debris down slopes in response to the pull of gravity

• the movement of goods or people from one location to another location

What is transportation

• the downhill movement of sediment that moves because of gravity.

• the movement of goods or people from one location to another location

What is deposition

• the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice

• the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water

What is mass movement

• bulk movements of soil and rock debris down slopes in response to the pull of gravity

• the movement of goods or people from one location to another location