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week 1 ssa penda homework - 5c.6.e.6.1 (weathering, erosion, deposition)
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soon after a logging company cut the trees off a hillside, the stream at the bottom of the mountain became muddy each time it rained.
what probably happened?
more soil erosion occurred on the hillside after the trees were cut.
more rain fell on the hillside after the trees were cut.
less soil erosion occurred on the hillside after the trees were cut.
more rain eroded the stream banks after the trees were cut.

Explanation:

Trees' roots hold soil. When trees are cut (logging), the soil loses this support. Rain then washes more soil (erosion) into the stream, making it muddy. The other options are illogical: tree cutting doesn't increase rainfall, and losing trees causes more (not less) erosion; the stream muddiness is from hillside soil, not stream - bank erosion by rain.

Answer:

A. More soil erosion occurred on the hillside after the trees were cut.