Weathering and Erosion

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

• biological weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• mechanical weathering

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• mechanical weathering 
• erosion
• deposition
• biological weathering

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone

• biological weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• chemical weathering

Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• sandbar

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• sanddune

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

• mechanical weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• biological weathering

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches

• mechanical weathering

• erosion
• deposition
• chemical weathering

Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth’s surface

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• ice wedging

Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition 
• banks