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EROSION & DEPOSITION EXAM QUESTIONS Qs and Ans Expert- Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -46 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation

Question 1: gravity, running water, glaciers, waves, wind

Answer:

AGENTS OF EROSION

Question 2: landforms produced by rivers carrying away sediment

Answer:

MEANDER, WATERFALL, V-SHAPED VALLEY

Question 3: large streams

Answer:

RIVERS

Question 4: for deposition to occur, the agent of erosion must __

Answer:

SLOW DOWN

Question 5: the very slow downhill movement of rock & soil

Answer:

CREEP Question 6: What is a remedy to the runoff produced by certain kinds of development?

Answer:

GREEN ROOFING

Question 7: rock & soil slide quickly down a steep slope

Answer:

LANDSLIDE

Question 8: landforms/features produced by runoff

Answer:

RILLS, GULLIES, STREAMS, RIVERS

Question 9: The size of sediment carried by wind & water increases as __.

Answer:

THE SPEED OF THE WIND & WATER INCREASES

Question 10: the cause of mass movement

Answer:

GRAVITY

Question 11: 3 landforms produced by wave erosion

Answer:

SEA CAVE, SEA ARCH, SEA STACK

Question 12: formed by a river flowing over an area of hard rock that resists erosion that is supported by layers of soft, easily eroded rock

Answer:

WATERFALL

Question 13: source of material (sand, etc) that makes up most beaches

Answer:

RIVER SEDIMENT DEPOSITED INTO THE OCEAN

Question 14: the land area from which a river & its tributaries collect water (aka drainage basin)

Answer:

WATERSHED

Question 15: the process by which natural forces move weathered rock & sediment

Answer:

EROSION

Question 16: The weakest agent of erosion is __, except in areas that have __.

Answer:

WIND; LITTLE VEGETATION

Question 17: large grooves or channels that carry runoff after heavy rain

Answer:

GULLIES

Question 18: channels in which water is continually flowing down a slope

Answer:

STREAMS

Question 19: water that moves across the land because it is not absorbed into the soil

Answer:

RUNOFF

Question 20: tiny grooves in soil caused by runoff

Answer:

RILLS

Question 21: Of the following agents of WEATHERING, which is NOT also an agent of erosion?gravity ice (glaciers) living organisms (animals, plants) moving water wind

Answer:

ORGANISMS are NOT agents of erosion Question 22: a wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range

Answer:

ALLUVIAL FAN

Question 23: ridges of sediment deposited by glaciers

Answer:

MORAINES

Question 24: formed by steep slopes that erode rapidly due to a fast-moving river

Answer:

V-SHAPED VALLEY

Question 25: looping bends of a river

Answer:

MEANDERS

Question 26: Georgia's St Simons, Jekyll, & Cumberland are examples of __

Answer:

BARRIER ISLANDS

Question 27: the three processes that, together, wear down and build up Earth's surface

Answer:

WEATHERING, EROSION & DEPOSITION