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Fill in the blanks to complete this passage about geologic processes.

A geologist is studying the shore along a river. She finds a pile of rocks at the base of a riverbank. These broken rock pieces are the result of ____ . A little farther along the river, the geologist finds some smaller pebbles in a very shallow, slow-moving section of the river. These rocks were moved to this location through the process of ____. The process of the rocks actually being placed here is called _____.

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1. Weathering
2. Erosion
3. Deposition
All the credit goes to guy above I just simplified his answer
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A geologist is studying the shore along a river. She finds a pile of rocks at the base of a river bank. These broken rock pieces are the result of WEATHERING. A little farther along the river, the geologist find some smaller Pebbles and a very shallow, slow-moving section of the river. These rocks were moved to this location through the process of EROSION. The process of the Rocks actually being placed here it's called DEPOSITION

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