🌊 Erosion & Deposition
Explore how water, wind, and ice shape Earth's surface by moving weathered rock and soil. Learn about the agents of erosion, the landforms they create, and how human activities can speed up or slow down erosion. **What you'll learn:** - Define erosion and identify its three main agents - Explain how sediment is transported and deposited - Recognize valleys, canyons, and deltas as erosion landforms - Understand human impacts on erosion rates
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- Question 1
Which of the following BEST defines erosion?
- Question 2
Water is the only natural agent that can cause erosion.
- Question 3
A river flowing through a landscape over many years carves a deep, V-shaped feature. What landform is being created?
- Question 4
What is deposition?
- Question 5
When a river slows down as it approaches the ocean, what often happens to the sediment it is carrying?
- Question 6
Glaciers can cause erosion by carving valleys and transporting large rocks and sediment.
- Question 7
Which of the following is an example of a landform created by erosion?
- Question 8
How does wind contribute to erosion?
- Question 9
Removing trees from a hillside can increase the rate of erosion.
- Question 10
Which human activity can reduce erosion on a hillside?
- Question 11
What type of landform has a characteristic fan or triangle shape where a river meets the ocean?
- Question 12
Erosion happens only in deserts and coastal areas.
- Question 13
Over thousands of years, how does a river create a deep valley?
- Question 14
Which of these is NOT a natural agent of erosion?
- Question 15
Sediment deposited by rivers always stays in the same location forever.
- Question 16
What helps slow down erosion and protect soil on a construction site?