Deposition

What is deposition?

• The dropping of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity

• The process of breaking down rock into small pieces

• The process of creating sand dunes

• The movement of sediment by water, ice, wind, or gravity

What is the process of dropping off sediment due to gravity?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• sediment

Wind drops sand in a new location creating sand dunes. This is an example of

• sediments

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Weathering, erosion, and deposition change the Earth’s surface over

• few minutes

• a few weeks

• a few months

• many, many years

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process in which sediment settles out (drops to the bottom) of the water or wind that is carrying it

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Deposition

Waves dropping sand onto land until a beach is formed is an example of...

• physical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• chemical weathering

Waves dropping sand on the beach.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Waves wash sand onto land until a beach is formed

• Mechanical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process in which sediment settles out (drops to the bottom) of the water or wind that is carrying it (a)  

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Deposition

Broken pieces of rock are called

• sediment

• cement

• fossils

• energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3