Erosional Processes

What erosional process is this?

• Hydraulic action

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Solution

What erosional process is shown by number 1?

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

• Attrition

• Abrasion

Which erosional process is shown by number 3?

• Solution

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic action

Which erosional process is labelled 4?

• Solution

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic action

Which process is this?

Water crashes into gaps in the rock, compressing air and forcing particles apart?

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

Which process is this?

Flowing water picks up rocks from the bed which then smash against the river bed and banks.

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

Which process is this?

Minerals are dissolved in the river water.

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

Which process is this?

Rocks carried by the river smash against each other, wearing down into smaller particles.

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

Erosion is greater on the _________ bend of a meander.

• outer

• inner

Which processes affect the river bank and bed?

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Hydraulic action

• Solution