Earth Processes

Front

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

Back

Weathering

Front

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

Back

Erosion

Front

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

Back

Deposition

Front

Waves dropping sand on the beach

Back

Deposition

Front

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone

Back

Weathering

Front

Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers

Back

Deposition

Front

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

Back

Weathering

Front

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

Back

Erosion

Front

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches

Back

Weathering

Front

Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth’s surface

Back

Weathering