Erosion and Deposition Review

How can sediment from a landslide or mass movement be described?

• layered and unsorted

• layered and sorted

• unlayered and not sorted

• unlayered and sorted

What is the correct order of sediments being deposited in a stream (as velocity decreases)?

(Use ESRT page 6 shown here)

• Clay- Silt- Sand- Pebbles

• Silt- Sand- Clay- Pebbles

• Pebbles- Clay- Sand- Silt

• Pebbles- Sand- Silt- Clay

What particles will be carried by a stream moving at 10 cm/ s?

(use ESRT page 6 shown here)

• Cobbles and Boulders

• small pebbles, sand, silt, clay

• Silt and clay

A drumlin formed from glacial action contains what type of sediments?

• sorted

• unsorted

• rounded only

• layered in horizontal order

What type of particles are found in a glacial moraine?

• angular and sorted

• angular and not sorted

• round and sorted

• round and not sorted

What force primarily produces landslides and avalanches?

• water

• wind

• gravity

• ocean waves

The sediments in a sand dune are well sorted, pitted and have a frosty appearance. What agent of erosion transported these sediments?

• ocean waves

• gravity

• streams

• wind

A glacier forms ______ shaped valleys, a river forms ______ valleys.

• U, V

• V, U

• Both form the same shaped valleys.

What landscape feature shown here forms as velocity from a stream decreases and sediments are deposited into the ocean?

• glacier

• delta

• kettle lake

• outwash plain

What erosional agaent formed Fire Island (shown in dark green on the map)- a barrier island found on Long Island's South Shore?

• wind

• glaciers

• ocean waves or wave action

• gravity