What Are Erosion and Deposition

What are the two processes that change Earth's surface? 

• Erosion and Abrasion
• Erosion and Deposition 
• Deposition and Abrasion 
• Constructive and Deductive 

The four agents of erosion are water, wind, gravity, and _____. 

• groundwater
• abrasion
• ice
• acid rain

The breakdown of rock is called _____. 

• Weathering
• Erosion 
• Deposition
• Abrasion

The wearing away of sharp edges on a rock as they bump into each other during erosion is called ______.

• Plucking

• Chemical Weathering

• Morraine

• Abrasion

A _______ is the place where land and a body of water meet. 

• Shoreline
• Beach
• River
• Stream

Off-shore deposits and sandbars along an ocean can create _____.

• Rivers

• Streams

• Barrier Spits

• Beaches

The downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull of gravity is called what? 

• Mudslide
• Mass Wasting
• Mudflow
• Rockfall

Scratches and grooves in rocks from glacial movements are known as ____. 

• Alpine Glaciers
• Ice Sheets
• Striations 
• Talus 

True/False. Planting vegetation will increase erosion. 

• True
• False

When people plant vegetation, they _____ erosion.

• Reduce
• Increase
• Start
• Do not effect