Key Terms
Erosion, Erosion, Erosion
Multiple Choice
EXPLAIN yourself!
No Points
100
What is erosion?
The gradual wearing down of something by wind, water, and other natural forces.
100
What is eroding the land in this picture?
Ice
100
Which of the following processes makes sediments?
A. Wind carrying particles from place to place.
B. Water and ice breaking rocks into smaller pieces.
B. Water and ice breaking rocks into smaller pieces.
100
After a heavy rain, you notice soil from your flower beds has washed into the street. Explain what happened and why it happened.
Answers may vary
200
What are particles?
The smallest possible piece of something.
200
What eroded the rock in this picture?
Water
200
The information in this data table could be used to support which idea?
A. Vegetation can slow down soil loss.
B. Vegetation increases soil loss.
A. Vegetation can slow down soil loss.
200
What environment do you think will become eroded faster a beach with tall grasses and shrubs or a beach with many sand dunes and no grass? Explain your thinking.
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300
What is the name for a mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)?
Soil
300
What eroded the rock in this picture?
Wind
300
The rate of erosion in an area would increase if the –
A. Rainfall decreased
B. vegetation increased
C. Wind speed increased
C. Wind speed increased
300
Deserts experience a lot of wind erosion. Describe the relationship between rainfall, vegetation (plants), and erosion in the desert.
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400
What is the word for the definition "amount of precipitation"?
Rainfall
400
What eroded the land in this picture?
Plants
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A plant is growing into a rock. The plant will break the rock into smaller pieces as what happens?
A. As leaves get sunlight
B. As the roots get bigger and thicker
C. As the stem grows taller
B. As the roots get bigger and thicker
400
Why would a beach disappear?
Answers may vary
500
Define Rate of Erosion
How fast the process of which water, ice, wind, and gravity transport sediments from one place to another.
500
What is the most powerful force of erosion?
Water
500
Students will investigate how the amount of water affects the distance sediments are carried. Which tools would be most appropriate for this investigation?
A. Copper wire and a light bulb
B. Thermometer and a beaker
C. A graduated cylinder and a ruler
C. A graduated cylinder and a ruler
500
Cameron said weathering means that there are different types of weather. Like sunny days, rainy days, and cold days. There are even stormy days where the weather is gross and there are thunder storms.
Is Cameron right or wrong? Explain
Wrong. Explanations may vary.