3.7.1 - What is Deposition?
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What is deposition?
💡 Hint: Think about where materials go after being moved.
Name one type of depositional landform.
💡 Hint: Consider where rivers meet other water bodies.
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What is the process called when sediments are deposited in new locations?
💡 Hint: It's the opposite of erosion.
True or False: River deltas are formed by the deposition of sediments.
💡 Hint: Think of where sediment settles when a river slows down.
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Evaluate how human activities might affect the natural deposition processes in a river delta.
💡 Hint: Consider human impacts on rivers and their ecosystems.
Design a simple experiment to observe how different forces can transport and deposit particles.
💡 Hint: What happens to the sediments as you speed up or slow down the water?
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