Which process moves sediment away from its source by wind, water, ice, or gravity?

Which process moves sediment away from its source by wind, water, ice, or gravity?

• A. Erosion
• B. Deposition
• C. Weathering
• D. Rock cycle

Answer: (A)

Erosion is the process that moves sediment away from its source by natural forces such as wind, water, ice, or gravity. It describes how loose material is transported from where it formed or was weathered to new places—like a river carrying sediment downstream, wind blowing sand to form dunes, or a glacier dragging rocks along its path. Weathering, on the other hand, breaks rocks down in place to make smaller pieces, while deposition is the dropping and settling of that transported material somewhere else. So the movement of sediment away from its origin by those forces is erosion.

Erosion is the process that moves sediment away from its source by natural forces such as wind, water, ice, or gravity. It describes how loose material is transported from where it formed or was weathered to new places—like a river carrying sediment downstream, wind blowing sand to form dunes, or a glacier dragging rocks along its path. Weathering, on the other hand, breaks rocks down in place to make smaller pieces, while deposition is the dropping and settling of that transported material somewhere else. So the movement of sediment away from its origin by those forces is erosion.