Erosion and Deposition Questions
1. Describe the three ways rock is
eroded and three ways rock is
deposited.
a. Eroded Rocks: flowing water,
wind, glaciers, and waves.
b. Deposited Rocks: slowing
water, slowing wind, and
melting glaciers.
2. Describe how rocks in the Cascade
Mountains become sand on a
beach along the California coast.
a. Rock is weathered by roots, ice,
abrasion, chemicals, and
gravity.
b. It is then eroded (transported)
by streams and rivers until it
reaches the sea.
c. It is deposited at the shore
when the river flows into the
sea.
Q. What will happen to the Sierra
Nevada in California in the next
hundred million years?
a. They will probably weather and
erode, ending up as sand in the
sea.
Q. What is the role of erosion and
deposition in the rock cycle?
a. weathering and erosion break
down and transport existing
rocks, depositing them in other
places. After millions of years,
the sediments will cement into
new sedimentary rocks.