Name ____________________________
Hour _________ Date _________
Erosion Vocabulary Quiz
Glacier!
Deposition!
Running Water!
Mass Wasting!
Gravity!
Load! !
Erosion!
Run-off!
Abrasion!
Wind! !
Wind Break
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1. ___________________ The process by which sediments are laid down in a new
location.
2. ___________________ Caused by gravity, wind, running water, glaciers, and waves.
3. ___________________ A barrier that causes wind to slow down.
4. ___________________ When particles, carried by wind, act like sandpaper and wear
away rocks that are exposed on the surface.
5. ___________________ A huge mass of moving ice and snow.
6. ___________________ The downhill movement of sediments caused by gravity.
7. ___________________ Rocks and debris deposited by a glacier.
8. ___________________ Force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth and
causes erosion in the form of landslides and slump.
9. ___________________ Water that flows over the Earth’s surface.
10. __________________ The soil particles and rock carried by a stream.