Weathering
What is water erosion?
This type of erosion happens when rivers carry away sediments and make valleys deeper.
What is wind erosion?
Erosion caused by the wind picking up and carrying small particles, like sand, is called this
What is deposition?
When sediments are dropped or put in a new place.
What are sediments?
Smaller pieces of materials formed from the breaking down of rocks
What is weathering?
The breaking down of rocks by wind, water, ice, plant roots and animals
What is erosion?
The process of the removal of rocks and soil by natural elements such as rain and wind to a new location
What are 2 landforms that are created by deposition and erosion?
Mountain, hill, valley, plain
What are some natural elements that cause erosion and depositon?
wind, rain, ice, gravity