Deposition: Earth's Building Blocks
A Grade 2 science worksheet exploring the concept of deposition, where earth materials are laid down to form new landforms.
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Deposition: Earth's Building Blocks
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!
1. What is deposition?
When wind blows away sand and dirt.
When water carries rocks to a new place.
When sand, soil, and rocks are dropped in a new place.
When rocks break into smaller pieces.
2. Deposition helps to build new on Earth.
3. Wind and are two things that can cause deposition.
4. Deposition always happens very quickly.
True
False
5. A delta at the mouth of a river is an example of deposition.
True
False
6. Look at the image below. What is happening to the sand and small rocks at the edge of the water?
