Streams
Heavy rain
Groundwater
Water
Oil
Gas
Beer
Nitrogen
Runoff
What liquid causes erosion?
Crystals
Groundwater
Stalagmites
Fossils
Particles
Stalactites
Sediment
Soil
Underground
Petroleum
What is picked up by the water?
Mineral deposits
Size
Water
Stalagmites
Largest
Smallest
Heavy particles
Stalactites
Sediment
The largest particles
Which particles are deposited first when water flowing over Earth's surface begins to slow down?
Rivers
Minerals
In mountains
In caves
Places
In deltas
In natural levees
In valleys
Where do stalactites and stalagmites occur?
Oceans
Streams
Rivers
Slow moving rivers
Floodwaters
Mountain streams
Runoff
What body of water carries the particles?
Bodies of water
Rivers
Rain
Erosion and deposition
Carry
Rocks
Runoff
What picks up sediment after a heavy rain?
Stalactites and stalagmites are mineral deposits
Erosion
Mineral deposits
Oil deposits
Mineral
Stalagmites
Stalactites and stalagmites
Flow
Meanders
Valleys and waterfalls
Stalactites
Sediment
Crystal
What kind of deposits build up in caves as water continues to drip?
No
Claerly
Sometimes
Do mountain streams create broad floodplains and meanders?
Water flowing over Earths surface or underground causes erosion and deposition. Water flowing over a steeper slope moves faster and causes more erosion. How water transports particles depends on their size. When water slows down, it starts depositing sediment. This process starts with the largest particles first. Runoff erodes the land after a heavy rain. It picks up sediment. Runoff carries most of the sediment to bodies of water. Mountain streams erode narrow, V-shaped valleys and waterfalls. Erosion and deposition by slow-flowing rivers create broad floodplains and meanders. Deposition by streams and rivers may form alluvial fans and deltas. Floodwaters may deposit natural levees. Erosion and deposition by groundwater can form caves and sinkholes. Stalactites and stalagmites are mineral deposits. They build up in caves as water continues to drip. 