GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sediment is solid material that is moved and deposited in a new location. Sediment can consist of rocks and minerals, as well as the remains of plants and animals. It can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a boulder. Sediment moves from one place to another through the process of erosion.

Detailed explanation-2: -8 Sediments can be carried from one place to another. The movement of sediments by wind, water, ice, or gravity is called erosion.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. Salts may later be deposited by organic activity (e.g. as sea shells) or by evaporation.

Detailed explanation-4: -noun. sed·i·ment. ˈsed-ə-mənt. : the material from a liquid that settles to the bottom. : material (as stones and sand) deposited by water, wind, or glaciers.