Erosion

The diagram below shows a section of a meander in a stream. The arrow shows the direction of stream flow. The stream bank on the outside of this meander is steeper than than the stream bank on the inside of this meander because the water on the outside of the meander is moving

• Slower, causing deposition

• Faster, causing deposition

• Slower, causing erosion

• Faster, causing erosion

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How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place.

• makes the rocks last longer.

• expands cracks and breaks rocks.

• causes rocks to fall in landslides.

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When people plant vegetation, they _____ erosion.

• Reduce

• Increase

• Start

• Do not effect 

How would you expect the sizes of sediments deposited on a mountain to compare to those deposited downriver?

• Larger

• Smaller

• The same

• It is impossible to predict

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The map below represents a river as it enters a lake. 
At which locations is the amount of deposition greater than the amount of erosion?

• A,C and E

• B, D and F

• B, C, and F

• A, D and E

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Trees growing on the edge of a river's meander are most likely to fall into the river due to 

• deposition on the inside of the meander

• deposition on the outside of the meander

• erosion on the inside of the meander

• erosion on the outside of the meander

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Which of the following is NOT a slow change to Earth's surface?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Landslides

Scratches and grooves in rocks from glacial movements are known as ____.

• Alpine Glaciers

• Ice Sheets

• Striations 

• Talus 

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Which type of processes reshape Earth's surface?

• Constructive

• Destructive 

• Both constructive and destructive

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Erosion and weathering are classified as destructive processes. How is deposition classified? 

• It is not classified

• a constructive process