Moving water, like that of a river, carries sediment as it moves along its bed. The faster the water flows, the more sediment that is carried and the larger the sediment particles. As the river slows down, the heavier particles of the load will settle out. How can you explain the particle movement based on Newton's laws of motion?

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Dirty Harry

Physics

8 August, 01:10

Moving water, like that of a river, carries sediment as it moves along its bed. The faster the water flows, the more sediment that is carried and the larger the sediment particles. As the river slows down, the heavier particles of the load will settle out. How can you explain the particle movement based on Newton's laws of motion?

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Rowan Hampton · Answer 1

Well newton's law is esstenaily how gravity works. so the force in this case water moves, the more the object (sediment) will go farther. And when the force is lessened the object will eventually come to a dead stop.