Erosion and Weathering: Science 5.1

Which of the following is not a form of erosion?

• Wind

• Water

• Animals

• Frost or Ice Wedging

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What natural force causes mass movements? Avalanches, Mudslides Rock Slides . . .

• People

• Gravity

• Moon

• Weather patterns

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Which of the following causes the most erosion and weathering?

• People

• Animals

• Plants

• Water

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What occurs where the San Juan River drops off sediment in Lake Powell?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Earthquakes

• Deltas are formed

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What two forces created the buttes of San Juan County?

• Shallow Seas

• Wind

• Ice

• Uplift

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The process of moving rock and soil

• Erode

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Porosity

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How can erosion be prevented or slowed?

• Plants

• Water

• Roots

• Grass

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If water is trapped in the pore space of a rock, freezes and then expands what will occur?

• Weathering

• Not much will happen

• The rock will grow

• Smaller rock and soil will be created

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Weathering can produce new soil

• True

• False

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What type of river goes back and forth and helped to form Sipapu Bridge in Bridges National Monument?

• Raging River

• Meandering River

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