deposition

What causes A Delta?

• running water

• wind

• glacier

• water

What is deposition?

• when whatever is carrying or moving sediment loses energy and deposits it

• when people build dams and make sediment pile up

• when a glacier melts like an ice cube and makes a huge wave and gathers sediment

• when whatever is carrying sediment stopped then speed up and carried tons of sediment with it

what are the four types of deposition we learned?

• cake,wind,water,erosion

• energy,wind,erosion,water

• glacier,wind,wave,running water

• glacier,water,wind,wave

what is the weakest deposition unless in an area like a desert

• water

• wave

• glacier

• wind

where is one of the places you might find a moraine select all that apply

• up in the mountains

• at the beach

• Russia

• desert

where might you find a sand bar select all that apply

• lake

• Caribbean

• beach

• oasis

🌊where might find sand dunes?

• deserts

• cake

• sandboxes

• beaches

Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.

• forming new land features.

• breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.

• washing away beaches.

• moving topsoil.

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What is weathering?

• fragments of weathered rock

• is the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another

• occurs when eroded materials are dropped, or laid down

• is the main force behind sudden rock falls and landslides that can change the shape of a mountain.

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The process of sediment being dropped off in a new place is called

• Abrasion

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

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