Which term describes the movement of weathered material from one location to another?

Which term describes the movement of weathered material from one location to another?

• A. Weathering
• B. Erosion
• C. Deposition
• D. Compaction

Answer: (B)

Erosion describes the movement of weathered material from one location to another. Weathering breaks rock apart in place, creating smaller particles. Erosion then transports those particles away—from rivers, currents, waves, wind, glaciers, or gravity—to new places. When the transporting force slows, the material is laid down in a new location, which is deposition (a separate step, not the movement itself). Compaction is the squeezing of sediment into rock, not the transport of material. So erosion is the term that describes the transport of weathered material to a new location.

Erosion describes the movement of weathered material from one location to another. Weathering breaks rock apart in place, creating smaller particles. Erosion then transports those particles away—from rivers, currents, waves, wind, glaciers, or gravity—to new places. When the transporting force slows, the material is laid down in a new location, which is deposition (a separate step, not the movement itself). Compaction is the squeezing of sediment into rock, not the transport of material. So erosion is the term that describes the transport of weathered material to a new location.