Erosion and Deposition Answers

How does the substance in a mudflow form?

Which phrase describes an example of mass movement?

Which factor influences the mass movement of particles?

A rocky hill cracks after water settles and freezes. Several trees on the hill tilt due to the very slow downhill movement of rock and soil. The movement occurs over a long distance.Which type of mass movement does this describe?

Which sediment would have the slowest rate of deposition?

What role does weathering have in shaping Earth’s surface?

Sediments are carried from a hilltop to the ground at the bottom of the hill on a windy day. What is the agent of erosion?

In the cycle that shapes Earth’s surface, which event must happen before erosion can occur?

Study the image.

Which phrase best describes the process of erosion?

Which event occurs after erosion of Earth’s surface?

Which process works with erosion to break down rock?

Which factor most likely facilitates mass movement after heavy rains in a dry region?