Water and Wind Erosion Answers

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Which features help reduce the amount of runoff that occurs in an area?

A
hard soil
B
steep slopes
C
paved surfaces
D
increased vegetation
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Which word identifies the hanging icicle-shaped formations in caves that are created by deposition?

A
sandbars
B
sinkholes
C
stalactites
D
stalagmites
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Which factor affects the amount of runoff that occurs in an area?

A
land use
B
the water table
C
the saturation zone
D
amount of nutrients in soil
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Which is one place that glaciers are found?

A
in the ocean
B
in the tropics
C
at low altitudes
D
at high latitudes
5

How is loess beneficial?

A
It grows healthy crops.
B
It prevents wind erosion.
C
It protects land from waves.
D
It decreases the slope of riverbanks.
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Which feature may form as a result of erosion related to runoff?

A
deltas
B
gullies
C
flood plains
D
stalactites
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Which process wears away tall sandstone rock formations due to wind?

A
abrasion
B
deflation
C
impact
D
plucking
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How are deltas formed?

A
erosion of softer rock
B
connection of channels
C
deposition from flow into a lake or an ocean
D
creation of large, flat areas by flooding deposits
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Which processes are responsible for the formation of glaciers?

A
impact and deflation
B
plucking and abrasion
C
deposition and erosion
D
accumulation and compaction
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Which type of erosion can place a boulder in the middle of a field?

A
abrasion
B
deflation
C
impact
D
plucking
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Which is one way that waves erode coastlines?

A
Back-and-forth movement loosens sediment and rock.
B
Large rocks are picked up and deposited in new areas.
C
Continuous impacts build up sediment and rock.
D
Loose sediment is picked up and blown to other locations.
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Which word describes the water stored below Earth's surface?

A
floodplain
B
groundwater
C
kettle
D
sinkhole
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Gravity, the force that pulls objects toward the center of Earth, can sometimes have a significant impact on the rate of erosion, thereby increasing the rate of deposition. Which feature is most likely impacted by gravity because it can form at the bottom of a steeply sloped river?

A
alluvial fan
B
loess
C
wave-cut cliff
D
cave
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Which feature is created by wave erosion?

A
loess
B
delta
C
rill
D
stack

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