Erosion

Water carrying sediment down a hill is an example of...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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What is erosion?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

Small pieces of rock that have been weathered from a larger rock are known as...

• sand

• sediment

• soil

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

Based on the information presented in the video, what can you infer about the type of erosion that formed the Grand Canyon?

• WInd erosion

• Water erosion

• Sandblasting

• Glacial erosion

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

• True

• False

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Erosion by?

• wind

• glacier

• water

• gravity

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which is NOT an example of erosion

• rainfall and surface runoff

• rivers and streams

• coastal erosion

• ice wedging

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

• True

• False

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