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Which situation is an example of erosion?
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A river carries sand and silt downstream
Water seeps into a crack in a rock and freezes, breaking the rock apart
Mud settles at the bottom of a lake and builds a new layer
Lava cools and hardens into new rock
Group of answer choices
A river carries sand and silt downstream
Water seeps into a crack in a rock and freezes, breaking the rock apart
Mud settles at the bottom of a lake and builds a new layer
Lava cools and hardens into new rock
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GPT-5 mini
A river carries sand and silt downstream.
This is erosion — the movement (transport) of weathered rock and soil by water. The others are weathering (freeze–thaw), deposition (mud settling), and igneous rock formation (lava cooling).
This is erosion — the movement (transport) of weathered rock and soil by water. The others are weathering (freeze–thaw), deposition (mud settling), and igneous rock formation (lava cooling).
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