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Weathering and Erosion

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Question 5

5.

What is the difference between deposition, erosion, and weathering?

Question 1

1.

What is the movement of weathered materials called?

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Question 2

2.

What direction does erosion move Earth materials?

Towards the mountain

Into the cities

Upward

Downward

Question 3

3.

Which of the following shows that soil erosion is happening?

The soil is deep and grows grass on top.

The soil has deep gullies.

A forest of pine trees grows in the soil.

Pavement is placed on the soil for a road.

Question 4

4.

A home has a sloping backyard. The family puts in retaining walls made of large boulders part way down the hill. Why?

They look nice.

They keep soil in place.

To improve the view.

To keep the house from rolling.