Erosion Quiz
  • 1. mass wasting
A) a large natural stream or channel of flowing water
B) rills become wider and deeper making these frequently dry features
C) erosion caused by gravity
D) gullies become wider and deeper, usually has year-round water
  • 2. landslide
A) gullies become wider and deeper, usually has year-round water
B) the tumbling of rocks and soil downhill
C) erosion caused by gravity
D) a large natural stream or channel of flowing water
  • 3. mudflow
A) erosion caused by gravity
B) gullies become wider and deeper, usually has year-round water
C) rain mixes with soil to form mud that slides downhill
D) the tumbling of rocks and soil downhill
  • 4. slump
A) the tumbling of rocks and soil downhill
B) erosion caused by gravity
C) a huge block of rock slides rapidly downhill
D) rain mixes with soil to form mud that slides downhill
  • 5. earth-flow
A) a mass of soil and plants moves slowly downhill
B) the tumbling of rocks and soil downhill
C) rain mixes with soil to form mud that slides downhill
D) a huge block of rock slides rapidly downhill
  • 6. creep
A) soil particles moving slowly downhill
B) a huge block of rock slides rapidly downhill
C) a mass of soil and plants moves slowly downhill
D) rain mixes with soil to form mud that slides downhill
  • 7. plucking
A) ice freezes around a rock and moves it
B) soil particles moving slowly downhill
C) a huge block of rock slides rapidly downhill
D) a mass of soil and plants moves slowly downhill
  • 8. abrasion
A) a mass of soil and plants moves slowly downhill
B) ice freezes around a rock and moves it
C) rocks loosened and moved by a glacier scratches the bed rock
D) soil particles moving slowly downhill
  • 9. deflation
A) ice freezes around a rock and moves it
B) soil particles moving slowly downhill
C) wind removes loose material from the land
D) rocks loosened and moved by a glacier scratches the bed rock
  • 10. rill
A) water starts out making tiny grooves
B) ice freezes around a rock and moves it
C) rocks loosened and moved by a glacier scratches the bed rock
D) wind removes loose material from the land
  • 11. gully
A) rocks loosened and moved by a glacier scratches the bed rock
B) wind removes loose material from the land
C) water starts out making tiny grooves
D) rills become wider and deeper making these frequently dry features
  • 12. river
A) a large natural stream or channel of flowing water
B) wind removes loose material from the land
C) water starts out making tiny grooves
D) rills become wider and deeper making these frequently dry features
  • 13. four of the major causes of erosion
A) wind, water, man, deflation
B) wind, water, gravity, plucking
C) wind, water, gravity, man
D) wind, creep, water, man
  • 14. stream
A) rills become wider and deeper making these frequently dry features
B) a large natural stream or channel of flowing water
C) gullies become wider and deeper, usually has year-round water
D) water starts out making tiny grooves
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