Water Erosion & Rivers Exercise

Water Erosion & Rivers

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Water Erosion & Rivers

Explore how moving water and rivers shape the land by wearing down and transporting sediment.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What is erosion?

  2. MultiChoice

    What carries river sediment downstream?

  3. MultiChoice

    What shape valley do mountain rivers usually carve out?

  4. MultiChoice

    What is formed when a river drops sediment at its mouth?

  5. MultiChoice

    What is sediment?

  6. MultiChoice

    Why does fast-moving water carry larger rocks than slow water?

  7. MultiChoice

    What happens when a river slows down?

  8. MultiChoice

    What creates a canyon over millions of years?

  9. MultiChoice

    How do ocean waves change a rocky shoreline?

  10. MultiChoice

    What is deposition?

  11. MultiChoice

    Which river feature forms from erosion on the outside of a bend?

  12. MultiChoice

    Why are stream sediments sorted by size?