GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice. Sediment can be transported as pebbles, sand and mud, or as salts dissolved in water.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deposition is the dropping of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity. Sediment is created through the process of weathering, carried away through the process of erosion, and then dropped in a new location through the process of deposition.

Detailed explanation-3: -Erosion is the process by which soil and rock particles are worn away and moved elsewhere by gravity, or by a moving transport agent – wind, water or ice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wind carries sand and forms a sand dune. Layers of sand form at the bottom of an ocean. A glacier transports rock and debris that build up to form a moraine. A fast flowing mountain river carries silt and sand downhill.

Detailed explanation-5: -Deposition occurs when the eroding agent, whether it be gravity, ice, water, waves or wind, runs out of energy and can no longer carry its load of eroded material. The energy available to the erosion agents comes from gravity, or in the case of wind, the Sun.