Soil Erosion

What is erosion?

• River deposits rocks and soils as it flows

• River carries rocks and soils as it flows

• River removes rocks and soils as it flows

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

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

This image is an example of what type of land degradation

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urban Sprawl

• Urbanization

Soil erosion can increase when humans remove trees and other vegetation from an area. What is this process called?

• Decomposition

• Conservation

• Deforestation

• Urbanization