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Which type of erosion moves the most sediment on the earth's surface?
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Glacier Erosion
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What are the 3 ways in which erosion moves sediment?
wind /water and dit
Explain how sediment of different sizes moves during wind erosion?
Sediment of smaller mass is easier for the power of wind to overcome the power of gravity in moving it from one place to another. Most sediment moved by wind that is tiny as sand.
What is the major cause of erosion on Earth's surface?
- Rainfall which contains tiny particles of grit and dust; it is the dust and grit which actually erode such things as mountains. - ice erodes as it moves - wind erodes such things as soil - shorelines are erode by the pounding of waves. Related link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion#Causes
Why glacier is an effective agent of erosion?
It's heavy, it moves, it grinds.
What is the process that moves sediments away from one place to another place?
erosion
What is erosian?
when there is alot of movement in the earths surface the soil moves these are the signs of an erosion.
Its how sediment moves?
Erosion
What moves sediment?
erosion
What moves sediment from place to place?
Erosion moves sediment from one place to another
How can moving water on earths surface do work?
It moves sediment it erodes rock It dissolves certain kinds of rocks.
What moves sediment from one location to another?
Erosion
What is the process that moves sediment down hill?
erosion
What happens when the earths crust moves?
erosion
What statement explains the observation that sediments on earth surface sometimes differ in composition from the underlying bedrock?
Erosion moves sediment to new locations
Which force wears away at earth's surface?
There is a couple forces one of them are erosion powered by water such a rivers
What kind of agent of erosion moves the same amount of sediment as ice?
water moves a greater amount of sediment in a much faster way
What are the 3 ways in which erosion moves sediment?
wind /water and dit
