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They could be called Aerosols.

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Q: What is the dry sediment that is picked up by the wind?
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Is it true that all of the sediment picked up by wind eventually falls to the ground?

yes


Sediments can be picked up by what?

Sediments can be picked up by wind, and water.


What Sediments can be picked by?

Sediments can be picked up by wind, and water.


What do sand dunes and delta have in common?

they are both formed when wind or water picks up sediment


How does wind erosion changes mountains?

When the wind blows across the mountian, it picks up little bits and pieces of sedimant and drops them in a different spot. Eventully the picked up sediment could build a new mountian, most of the time it take 100reds of years


What part does wind play in erosion?

Wind picks up sediment which causes erosion when it hits the rock.


When wind blows sediment against an obstacle what does the built-up sediment result?

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How are dunes created by deposition?

Dunes are formed from aeolian deposition which consists of the wind picking up sediment, then blowing it, then dropping it. Dunes are an accumulation of sediment. More sediment is deposited on a dune as wind loses more energy when it hits it, thus depositing the sediment, growing the dune.


What happens when heavy rain builds up in dry sediment?

Mudflows then occur after


What are 2 ways that sediments build up?

Sediment can build up because of the wind or water.


Why is cars a unsafe place to be during a tornado?

the cars can get picked up by the wind


What causes sediment that is picked up by the wind to fall to the ground?

This wind is usually caused by convection currents and is usually strong enough to move entire sand dunes. Air is unstable when heated, and this instability in the air will cause the mixture of higher winds in the troposphere with winds in the lower atmosphere, producing strong surface winds.