Types Of Transportation and Erosion

Question 1

Traction, Erosion or transportation?

Answer 1

Fooling of Staines along the river bed

Question 2

Saltation, Erosion or transportation?

Answer 2

Movement of particles ‘leap-frogging’ over the river bed

Question 3

Suspension, Erosion or transportation?

Answer 3

Movement of material that is carried within the water flow

Question 4

Solution, Erosion or transportation?

Answer 4

Movement of material that is dissolved in the water

Question 5

Hydraulic action, Erosion or transportation?

Answer 5

Sheer force of the water and air forcing itself into the soil and moving parts of the river bed and the banks of the river.

Question 6

Abrasion, Erosion or transportation?

Answer 6

Smaller material rubs against the river bed and banks of the river

Question 7

Attrition, Erosion or transportation?

Answer 7

Particles colliding and knocking pieces off each other

Question 8

Corrosion, Erosion or transportation?

Answer 8

Acid in the water dissolving particles of rocks from the river bed and banks of the river.