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WorksheetsAgents of erosion
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are 2 of the 4 common agents of Erosion?
Eroding and Breaking rocks
Action of moving ice and Action of running water
What is the Marine Erosion a type of?
Wind erosion
Glaciers erosion
Wave erosion
What type of changes does erosion cause?
Physical changes
Chemical changes
Electrical changes
Magnetic changes
Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of what?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of what?
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering
Compaction
the general terms for the movement of sediment by wind, water, glaciers
weathering
erosion
deposition
Which agent of erosion is most likely responsible for the deposition of sandbars along ocean shorelines?
glaciers
mass movement
wind action
wave action
The photograph below shows a U-shaped valley. Which agent of erosion most likely produced this valley’s shape?
blowing wind
ocean waves
moving ice
running water
Barrier island
Glacier
Running water
Wind
Mass movement
Wave
Sand dune
Glacier
Running water
Wind
Mass movement
Wave
Wind
Water (Rivers)
Waves
Ice (Glaciers)
Gravity
Wind
Water (Rivers)
Waves
Ice (Glaciers)
Gravity
Wind
Water (Rivers)
Waves
Ice (Glaciers)
Gravity
