Which natural process moves sediment from one place to another after weathering?

Which natural process moves sediment from one place to another after weathering?

• A. Weathering
• B. Deposition
• C. Melting
• D. Erosion

Answer: (D)

Sediment is moved to a new location by erosion. After weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces, erosion uses moving water, wind, ice, or gravity to carry those pieces away. Think of a river picking up sand and carrying it downstream, or wind blowing dust across a field; that transport is erosion. Deposition happens after erosion when the carried sediment settles and is laid down in a new spot. Melting isn’t about moving solid sediment across the landscape—it’s a change of rock to liquid, so it doesn’t fit the idea of transporting material.

Sediment is moved to a new location by erosion. After weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces, erosion uses moving water, wind, ice, or gravity to carry those pieces away. Think of a river picking up sand and carrying it downstream, or wind blowing dust across a field; that transport is erosion. Deposition happens after erosion when the carried sediment settles and is laid down in a new spot. Melting isn’t about moving solid sediment across the landscape—it’s a change of rock to liquid, so it doesn’t fit the idea of transporting material.