Unit 6 Lesson 1 Science

Beginning of a river?

• mouth

• source

• current

Small rocks and soil picked up by a river?

• sediment

• deltas

• mouth

Area of flat land near the mouth of a river?

• source

• sediment

• delta

Rivers flowing over their banks causes?

• sediment

• flooding

• mouth

A positive of flooding is?

• weathering

• floodwater leaves rich sediment behind

• Damage to many buildings

River dropping rocks and sediment it carries is called?

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

Process of moving weathered rock from one place to another?

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

Breaking down of rocks on Earth's surface is?

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

The quick movement of rain-soaked soil downhill?

• waves

• mudslides

• swift current

Cause both weathering and erosion on beaches?

• waves

• swift current

• falling water