Erosion and Deposition Flashcards
1
Q
What type of climate is the best for crop production?
A
Temperate
2
Q
What is the breaking of rock?
A
Weathering
3
Q
What is the moving of rock?
A
Erosion
4
Q
What is the placement of rock?
A
Deposition
5
Q
What are three natural ways rock is eroded?
A
Water, wind, and ice
6
Q
What is the main force of deposition?
A
gravity
7
Q
What are downhill movements of rock and soil?
A
mass wasting
8
Q
What are the different types of mass wasting?
A
landslides, rockfall, rockslides, mudflow, slumps, creeps
9
Q
What is the slowest of the types of mass wasting?
A
creeps
