EROSION

What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Compaction

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What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
• the top layer of the soil
• decaying plant or animal material 

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Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shinning onto a mountain

• Rain breaking down rock

• Wind blowing away sediment

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is deposition?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Beach waves dropping sand to create a beach is an example of...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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