What happens when wind or water carries rocks and soil to a new place?

Erosion Quiz

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Geography
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3rd Grade
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Hard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sedimentation
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How can you tell that erosion is happening?
Green water
Still water
Moving, brown water
Clear water
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a glacier?
A large sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land
A type of volcano
A type of rock formation
A type of desert
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does a glacier pick up and break apart as it moves across the land?
Animals
Pieces of rock
Pieces of ice
Plants
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What kind of erosion happens over many years?
Physical erosion
Chemical erosion
Glacial erosion
Coastal erosion
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes erosion when it melts and moves slowly across the land?
Earthquake
Tornado
Volcano
Glacier
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to your sand mountain when you blew on it?
Deposition
Sedimentation
Erosion
Weathering
8.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the process of erosion?
A glacier moves when a bit of the ice melts. A glacier picks up and breaks apart pieces of rock as it moves across the land.
The melting of rocks and soil
Wind or water carries rocks and soil to a new place.
The deposition of rocks and soil
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