How does the action of deposition contrast
with the actions of weathering and erosion?
A. Deposition is a building process.
Weathering and erosion are wearing-
down processes.
B. Weathering and erosion allow for the
building of new land masses.
Deposition is the wearing away of land
masses.
C. Deposition always occurs slowly, over
a long period of time. Weathering and
erosion always occur quickly.
D. Weathering and erosion allow for the
formation of fossils. Deposition is the
breaking up of fossils.