Water Erosion and Deposition

What scenario would you expect to find the most erosion due to runoff?

• A shallow slope covered with grass

• A shallow, bare slope

• A steep slope covered with evergreen trees

• A steep, bare slope

The map below represents a river as it enters a lake. 
At which locations is the amount of deposition greater than the amount of erosion?

• C and E

• B, D and F

• C, and F

• D and E

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The diagram below shows a section of a meander in a stream. The arrow shows the direction of stream flow. The stream bank on the outside of this meander is steeper than than the stream bank on the inside of this meander because the water on the outside of the meander is moving

• Slower, causing deposition

• Faster, causing deposition

• Slower, causing erosion

• Faster, causing erosion

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Erosion and weathering are classified as destructive processes. How is deposition classified? 

• It is not classified

• a constructive process

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Which of the following statements is not true?

• Water causes more erosion on slopes without plants

• Water flows from higher to lower ground

• Faster water erodes more sediment

• As water slows, smaller particles are deposited first

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How would you expect the sizes of sediments deposited on a mountain to compare to those deposited downriver?

• Larger

• Smaller

• The same

• It is impossible to predict

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Trees growing on the edge of a river's meander are most likely to fall into the river due to 

• deposition on the inside of the meander

• deposition on the outside of the meander

• erosion on the inside of the meander

• erosion on the outside of the meander

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When people plant vegetation, they _____ erosion.

• Reduce

• Increase

• Start

• Do not effect 

Which of the following landforms is primarily created by water erosion?

• A) Sand dunes

• B) River valleys

• C) Glacial moraines

• D) Volcanic craters

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What is the primary factor that increases the rate of water erosion?

• A) Vegetation cover

• B) Soil composition

• C) Slope steepness

• D) Temperature