Exploring Deposition
A Grade 1 science worksheet to introduce students to the concept of deposition and how it shapes the Earth's surface.
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Exploring Deposition
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Look at the pictures to help you understand.
Deposition is when wind, water, or ice drops rocks, sand, and dirt in a new place. This makes new landforms like sand dunes or river deltas.
1. When wind drops sand, it can make a sand .
2. Water can carry dirt and drop it to make a river .
3. Deposition is when rocks and dirt are in a new spot.
1. What moves sand to make a sand dune?
Water
Wind
Ice
Animals
2. What is made when a river drops dirt and sand at its end?
A mountain
A delta
A valley
A cave
1. Deposition helps to build up new land.
True
False
2. Rocks and sand always stay in the same place.
True
False
1. Name one thing that can cause deposition.
2. What is a sand dune?