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The dropping off and settling of sediments to the bottom of a lake or river is called

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• jackhammering

What is the process process by which water, ice, wind or gravity picks up and moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• deposition
• landslide
• weathering
• erosion

Select the answer that shows the order of events a rock goes through.

• erosion, weathering, deposition
• weathering, erosion, deposition
• deposition, weathering erosion
• erosion, deposition, weathering

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition