Erosion Comprehension

What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Compaction

The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

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What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
• the top layer of the soil
• decaying plant or animal material 

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Which of these is an example of erosion

• Light Shinning onto a mountain
• Rain breaking down rock 
• Wind blowing away sediment
• All of the above

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What happens when weathering and erosion work together?

• New Mountains are created
• The climate changes overnight
• Metal objects become rusty
• They change the Earth's surface

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How does vegetation in the soil affect the rate of erosion?

• It doesn't affect erosion.
• It decreases erosion.
• It increases erosion.

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What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?

• Ice wedging
• Glacier
• Iceberg
• Dune

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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What is erosion?

• Breaking apart rocks by mechanical or chemical methods

• When sediments are settled out of wind or water

• Moving sediments to a new place

• Something you have at school

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What is the major cause of weathering and erosion to form canyons?

• wind
• ice
• glaciers
• moving water

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