Worksheet 20

20: Erosion, Deposition and Transportation

1) In the space below, write a list of all the resources you used.

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2) Write a set of instructions to tell a friend what you did for the experiment.

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3) How far did the water spread for the pebbles, sand and soil?

Write your results in the table below.

Type of material	Distance of water spread (m and cm)
Sand
Pebbles
Soil

4) Which material spread the greatest distance?

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5) Why do you think this material spread the greatest distance?

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6) Which material spread the least distance?

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7) Why do you think this material spread the least distance?

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8) Fill in the table below to show what evidence there was for erosion,

deposition and transportation from the experiment.

Type of material	Evidence of erosion	Evidence of deposition	Evidence of transportation
Sand
Pebbles
Soil

9) What do you think erosion is?

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10) What do you think deposition is?

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11) What do you think transportation is?

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12) If you did the other experiment with 4 litres of water (using the rose attachment) and 2 litres of water (without the rose attachment), then write a few sentences to say how the results were different from the first experiment.

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