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The most important factor in the ability for wind to move sediments is how fast the wind is blowing. An extremely fast wind (think hurricanes) can move huge sizes of sediments as well as the small stuff. A light breeze, on the other hand, can barely pick up small grains. As the wind picks stuff up, so does it drop stuff down. Bigger sediments will travel much shorter distances due to the fact that the wind can't necessarily sustain high speeds for long distances. The smallest stuff will travel the furthest. This principle of sorting is true in all types of erosion, from water to ice to, obviously, wind.
Pansy O'Hara
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Describe how wind moves different sizes of sediment?
Because of the way the waves in the water move to lift the sediment...
Explain how sediment of different sizes moves during wind erosion?
Sediment of smaller mass is easier for the power of wind to overcome the power of gravity in moving it from one place to another. Most sediment moved by wind that is tiny as sand.
What are three ways that wind erosion moves sediment?
Water, wind, and ice.
What are the 3 ways in which erosion moves sediment?
wind /water and dit
How are rocks broken down into different sizes of sediment?
weathering : rain , water , volcanoes , floods , ice , wind , waves , earthquakes , extreme temperature , ...............................
How many people can fit in a wind tunnel?
Wind tunnels are different sizes.
How grains of different sizes are affected by wind erosion?
The bigger the grain, the harder it is for wind to move it.
What is the erosion by the wind?
the deposite of sediment by the wind
Why are waves differant sizes?
waves are different because of the form of the wind
What is the name for windblown sediment?
What is the name for wind blown sediment
What is the erosion of sediment by wind?
deflation
What causes wind to deposit sand and or other sediment?
When the wind starts to slow down it starts to deposit sand or other sediment.
