The process of dropping sediment into a new place is called 1. deposition 2. weathering 3. erosion 4. till the very slow, downhill movement of rock and soil is known as creep. what causes creep to occur? 1. crop rotation 2. volcanic activity 3. chemical weathering 4. freezing and thawing of water beneath the soil which land features is formed by water erosion and deposition causing a loop like bend in the course of a river? 1. delta 2. meander 3. landslide 4. trench what is plucking? 1. the process in which rock gets picked up by a glacier 2. moving water that runs over the land carrying sediment 3. occurs when rock and soil move down in one large mass 4. process in which sediment is laid down in new locations