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Basic Erosion

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
faults
2.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
3.

What is erosion?

a)

when wind or water move rocks or soil

b)

when plants are cut down

c)

when trees are planted

d)

a big forest

4.

How do plants help stop erosion? Choose all correct answers.

a)

they look pretty

b)

plants do not stop erosion

c)

they block the wind

d)

they hold soil in place

5.

What part of the plant helps hold it in place?

a)

leaves

b)

fruit

c)

flower

d)

roots

6.

What are some things we can plant here to help prevent erosion? Choose all correct answers.

a)

trees

b)

flowers

c)

bushes

d)

vegetables

7.

Erosion happens...

a)

slowly

b)

quickly

8.

Plants give us... (choose all correct answers)

a)

clothing

b)

shelter

c)

food

d)

medicine

9.

What is an environment?

a)

only animals

b)

only plants

c)

only rocks, dirt, water and air

d)

all of the living and nonliving things in one place