Wind Can Transport Material Long Distances

What can transport large rocks and even boulders?

• Dust storms

• Rivers

• Sand dunes

• Wind

Which material can wind carry much farther than any stream or river?

• Dust

• Sand

• Large rocks

• Boulders

How does wind carry dust?

• By forming sand dunes

• By lifting it high into the sky into dust storms

• By bouncing it a little at a time

What happens during a dust storm?

• Sand is deposited in dunes

• Boulders are moved

• Dust is blown thousands of kilometers

• Rivers transport rocks

Where are larger, heavier pieces of sand typically deposited?

• Around the world

• In the same general area, in sand dunes

• In rivers

• In the sky

Dust storms can be seen from space.

• True

• False

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out caves

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

What agent of erosion leads to the formation of sand dunes?

• wind

• water

• ice

• animals

What is the main difference between weathering and erosion?

• A) Weathering involves the movement of rocks, while erosion does not

• B) Erosion involves the chemical breakdown of rocks, while weathering does not

• C) Weathering is the breakdown of rocks, while erosion is the movement of weathered material

• D) There is no difference; they are the same process

An example of a  landform created by wind deposition is

• Sand Bar
• Sea Cliff
• Dunes
• Pebbles