Weathering, Erosion, Deposition

Question 1

Glacier erosion is caused by what?

Answer 1

Glaciers carving rocks out of the earth

Question 2

Wind erosion causes what

Answer 2

Sand dunes start to form

Question 3

What is gravity erosion

Answer 3

The movement of sediment or rock development due to the pull of gravity

Question 4

Define erosion

Answer 4

Processes that work to break down rock

Question 5

Is weathering constructive or destructive?

Answer 5

Destructive

Question 6

Deposition causes?

Answer 6

Deltas, flood plains, meanders, and oxbow lakes

Question 7

In which of the following climate zones on earth would you expect the rate of weathering to be the slowest A. Tundra B. Deciduous Forest C. Desert D. Tropical Rain Forest

Answer 7

A. Tundra

Question 8

What are the four types of erosion?

Answer 8

Water, Gravity, glacier, and wind

Question 9

Where in Ohio would stream erosion be a concern A along the Lake Erie coast B along the banks of the Ohio river C at the edge of the waterfall on hocking hills D in the swamps surrounding the killbuck creek

Answer 9

B along the banks of the Ohio river

Question 10

What is rain washing away soil from a hillside

Answer 10

Weathering

Question 11

What is layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean

Answer 11

Deposition

Question 12

What is it when a muddy water being carried away by fast water

Answer 12

Erosion

Question 13

What is the breaking down of rocks

Answer 13

Weathering

Question 14

What is the settling of sediment

Answer 14

Deposition

Question 15

What is the movement of sediment

Answer 15

Erosion

Question 16

What type of erosion is caused by stream erosion, rain drop erosion and beach erosion

Answer 16

Water erosion