Agents of Erosion

Choose TWO descriptions below that represent Erosion.

• Rain washing away dirt from a hillside

• Water getting in cracks of rocks, freezing, and breaking them

• Wind hitting the top of a mountain for thousands of years creating arches.

• Waves moving sand from one place to another

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Which agent of erosion can only deposit small materials such as sand?

• ice

• wind

• water

• gravity

Which TWO processes take material away from land forms on the surface of the earth?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• sediments

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Glaciers shape and carve away the land beneath them and can drastically reshape the landscape over hundreds or even thousands of years.

• True

• False

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Which agent of erosion is responsible for creating U-shaped valleys?

• water erosion

• wind erosion

• glacial erosion

Which agent of erosion involves the movement of large masses of ice?

• water erosion

• wind erosion

• glacial erosion

Which agent of erosion is responsible for the creation of moraines?

• biological erosion

• ice erosion

• glacial erosion

Is water erosion primarily caused by:

• rainfall

• wind

• glaciers

Is the process of freeze-thaw erosion primarily associated with:

• water erosion

• wind erosion

• glacial erosion

Which agent of erosion is responsible for the formation of sand dunes?

• water erosion

• wind erosion

• gravity erosion