Erosion and Deposition by Water

The process by which water transports sediment from one location to another is

• erosion

• deposition

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process by which sediment is set down in a location

• erosion

• deposition

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which rock is broken down into sediment

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

• alluvial fan

• delta

• floodplain

• groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks

• delta

• floodplain

• alluvial fan

• groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream

• floodplain

• alluvial fan

• delta

• groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply

• alluvial fan

• delta

• flood plain

• groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the boundary between land and a body of water

• sandbar

• barrier island

• beach

• shoreline

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment

• shoreline

• beach

• sandbar

• barrier island

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.

• shoreline

• barrier island

• sandbar

• delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2