WorksheetsErosion Review 1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does Erosion do?
Break down the material
Move the material
Deposit the material
What is the difference between Weathering and Erosion?
Weathering moves the rocks, Erosion breaks the rocks
Weathering breaks the rocks, Erosion moves the rocks
What is deposition?
The movement of sediment
The breaking of sediment
The dropping of sediment
Water freezing inside a rock and breaking it into smaller sediment is an example of...
weathering
erosion
deposition
Beach waves dropping sand to create a beach is an example of...
weathering
erosion
deposition
Small pieces of rock that have been weathered from a larger rock are known as...
sand
sediment
soil
Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?
With a steeper slope, we would expect to see...
less erosion
more erosion
the same amount of erosion
no erosion at all
If the velocity of a stream decreases from 50 centimeters per second to 5 centimeters per second, which sediments will deposit?
A) small cobbles and large pebbles
B) small pebbles and large sand
C) small sand and large silt
D) small silt and large clay
What is runoff?
The process of sediment moving or being weathered away by wind or water.
Water that moves over Earth's surface, because it doesn't infiltrate the ground.
Water moving from the liquid state to the gaseous state.
Observations described in words or letters.
