Erosion

the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

water, wind, gravity, waves, sand

• agents of erosion

• agents of the rock cycle

• agents of water cycle

• agents of plate tectonics

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which is NOT an example of erosion

• rainfall and surface runoff

• rivers and streams

• coastal erosion

• ice wedging

which is NOT an example of erosion

• rivers and steams

• coastal erosion

• plant root action

• wind erosion

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which is NOT an example of erosion

• coastal erosion

• glacial action

• chemical erosion

• oxidation

which is NOT an example of erosion

• flooding

• wind action

• glacial action

• animal burrowing

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Erosion example: a small crater forms in bare soil as a result of pouring rain

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Erosion example: particles of soil piled up from puddles of rainwater

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

washing away of soil from fields of farmland that are freshly cleared or plowed

• cause by wind

• caused by water

• caused by ice

• caused by waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

small channel-like paths develop in a garden through which rainwater flows

• caused by wind erosion

• caused by water erosion

• caused by wave action

• caused by ocean waves

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