Question

Fill in the blanks to complete this passage about geologic processes.

A geologist is studying the shore along a river. She finds a pile of rocks at the base of a riverbank. These broken rock pieces are the result of
. A little farther along the river, the geologist finds some smaller pebbles in a very shallow, slow-moving section of the river. These rocks were moved to this location through the process of
. The process of the rocks actually being placed here is called

Answer 1

A geologist is studying the shore along a river. She finds a pile of rocks at the base of a riverbank. These broken rock pieces are the result of mechanical (physical) weathering. A little farther along the river, the geologist finds some smaller pebbles in a very shallow, slow-moving section of the river. These rocks were moved to this location through the process of erosion (transportation). The process of the rocks actually being placed here is called deposition.