Consider how sedimentary rocks are formed; from sediments! What two processes are responsible for (a) making the particles that become sediments and (b) moving the particles that become sediments?

Question

Responses
A gravity and erosiongravity and erosion
B weathering and erosionweathering and erosion
C deposition and weatheringdeposition and weathering
D sedimentation and deposition

Answer 1

The correct answer is B: weathering and erosion.

• Weathering is the process that breaks down rocks into smaller particles, which become sediments.
• Erosion is the process that moves these particles from one location to another.