GEOL 101 Chapter 14 Review Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. Dunes that form when vegetation cover is broken from a deflation hollow or blowout
- 3. A broad, flat-topped erosional remnant bounded by steep slopes
- 7. A dry lakebed on the desert floor
- 8. ___ bedding is when layers are deposited at an angle to the surface beds
- 10. Dunes that have long, parallel ridges of sand aligned perpendicular to the direction of prevailing winds
- 14. ______ load is the way silt and clay are transported
- 15. Feature that forms around an obstruction that stops sand grains
- 16. ____ effect is apparent deflection of moving objects because of Earth’s rotation
- 17. Weathering that is dominant in desert regions
- 18. Steep sided erosional remnant
- 20. ____ pavement is close fitting pebbles and cobbles caused by wind eroding away smaller particles
Down
- 2. Wind-blown deposits of silt and clay
- 4. The way most sand is moved near the ground surface
- 5. Wind eroded depression that result from differential erosion of surface material
- 6. Most mobile of the major dune types
- 9. An erosional surface of low relief that slopes gently away from a mountain range
- 11. Caused by the impact off saltating sand grains on an object
- 12. A mesa that has eroded into a pillar-like structure
- 13. The transformation of formerly productive lands into deserts
- 15. The process that creates desert pavement
- 19. Stone shaped by wind abrasion