Chapter 4 Weathering and Erosion (Section 4.1 & 4.2)
Across
- 3. Crecent-shaped body of water formed when a meander is bypassed and cut off from the rest of a river
- 7. Calcium carbonate deposited by water droplets
- 9. Process that involves the breakdown of large rocks into fragments by physical forces; can be a fast or slow process
- 12. Consists of a relatively large stream and any smaller streams that flow into it
- 16. Breaking or peeling away of rock in layers
- 17. Narrow formations of rock that arch out into in the water from the coast and form from the continued erosion of sea caves
- 18. Regions of the earth's surface where limestone is exposed and abundant
Down
- 1. Level or nearly level land that borders a river and is covered by river water in flood time
- 2. Limestone formations that have become filled with various passageways and caves
- 4. Large streams that carry water from the mountains to the sea
- 5. Process that occurs when rainwater or melted ice soaks into tiny cracks in a rock and freezes
- 6. Main agent of chemical weathering
- 8. Material carried by a stream
- 10. Source of a river
- 11. Fan-shaped or triangular-shaped deposit extending from the mouth of a river into the sea
- 13. Gently sloping coasts covered by sand or pebbles
- 14. Water that cannot seep into the ground because of heavy rainfall
- 15. Thin hollow stalactite tubes of calcium carbonate