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14 Dec 2022

Question 2

Deposition, erosion, and weathering are related processes. Which answer choice list these processes in the order in which they happen to sediment, from first to last?

 

A erosion, deposition, weathering

B weathering, deposition, erosion

C weathering, erosion, deposition

 

Erosion happens at the starred location on the mountain below. Where are the eroded material most likely to be deposited?

A  B

B  C

C  D

 

Question 4

A student observes sediments as they are carried downstream by a rapidly flowing river. The student argues that the river is depositing the sediments. Why is this statement incorrect?

A. The river is eroding the sediments; deposirion will happen when the river slows and the sediments settle on the fiverbed.

B. The sediments still have the same chemical composition as the rock they came from; deporition follows chemical changes only.

C. Deposition is the movement and eventual setting of whole rocks, noc rock fragments and sediments.