Why do you typically find bigger rocks along the banks of a fast-moving stream and smaller rocks and pebbles beside a slower-moving stream?
A)As a stream slows, it deposits its smaller sediments first.
B)As a stream slows, it deposits its larger sediments first.
C)Fast-moving streams carry only large sediments.
D)Slow-moving streams carry only dissolved sediments.

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As a stream slows down, it loses the energy required to carry larger sediments, so it deposits them first.

Why Do You Typically Find Bigger Rocks Along the Banks