Water and Wind Erosion

Question 1

Which processes are responsible for the formation of glaciers?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

accumulation and compaction

Question 2

Which process wears away tall sandstone rock formations due to wind?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

abrasion

Question 3

Which is one place that glaciers are found?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

at high latitudes

Question 4

Which is one way that waves erode coastlines?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Back-and-forth movement loosens sediment and rock.

Question 5

How are deltas formed?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

deposition from flow into a lake or an ocean

Question 6

Which method best helps to prevent wind erosion?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

rotating crops

Question 7

Which factor affects the amount of runoff that occurs in an area?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

land use

Question 8

Which word identifies the hanging icicle-shaped formations in caves that are created by deposition?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

stalactites

Question 9

How do waterfalls form?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Soft rock erodes.

Question 10

How is loess beneficial?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It grows healthy crops.

Water and Wind Erosion Answers