This is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
2. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
The driveway is long and winding because it bends around a huge old oak tree. The pavement near the tree bulges upward and has many more cracks than the other sections of the driveway
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
3. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
When camping in west Texas, we wake one morning to discover that our car and tent are covered with a thin layer of sand.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
4. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
This is the process of breaking rock into smaller pieces.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A beautiful display of bluebonnets bloomed along the bank of the river, but after the storm last night, the flowers and a large section of the soil in which they grew is gone.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
6. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
When we walk along the seashore, we look for shark teeth in the sand. Sometimes we also find unbroken sand dollars, too.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
7. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
We love to go rock climbing on the rugged cliffs in the mountains, but our first challenge is to scramble up the large pile of sand and pebbles at the base of the cliff.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
8. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
When it rains, the water flows across our pasture into this sunken area. We think that there is a cave under our pasture.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The homeowner had clearly labored hard to hold the steep hillside in place by constructing a stone wall, but sometimes the wind blows sand and soil down the hillside.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
10. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
This is the process of moving sediment from one place to another.