Water and Wind Erosion

Question 1

Which feature may form as a result of erosion related to runoff?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

gullies

Question 2

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

increased vegetation

Question 3

How is loess beneficial?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It grows healthy crops.

Question 4

Which type of erosion can place a boulder in the middle of a field?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

plucking

Question 5

How are deltas formed?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

deposition from flow into a lake or an ocean

Question 6

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

land use

Question 7

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

abrasion

Question 8

Which word describes the water stored below Earth's surface?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

groundwater

Question 9

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

stalactites

Question 10

Which is one place that glaciers are found?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

at high latitudes

Water and Wind Erosion Answers