Erosion, transportation and deposition

Erosion is...

• Caused by the weather

• The wearing away of the land

Which type of erosion involves the force of the water hitting the bed and banks of the river, forcing air into cracks, weakening the bend and banks?

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Hydraulic Action

• Solution

Which type of erosion is when the soluble materials dissolve in the river?

• Solution

• Hydraulic Action

• Abrasion

• Attrition

Abrasion is when...

• The rocks bang into each other and over time, become smaller and more rounded.

• When minerals dissolve in the water.

• The force of the water hits the bed and banks.

• Rocks scrape against the bed and banks.

Which type of erosion involve rocks banging into each other, becoming smaller and more rounded over time?

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Solution

• Hydraulic Action

Which of the following is NOT a type of erosion?

• Solution

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic Action

• Saltation

Which of the following is NOT a type of transportation?

• Saltation

• Traction

• Hydraulic Action

• Solution

Which type of transportation involves the rolling of large boulders?

• Traction

• Saltation

• Solution

• Suspension

Saltation...

• rolling of large boulders

• the bouncing of small pebbles

• material dissolved in the water

• smaller sand-sized particles carried in suspension

Which of the following is both a type of erosion and transportation?

• Saltation

• Hydraulic Action

• Abrasion

• Solution