Geomorphology Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
  2. 7. rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids
  3. 9. an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows it’s banks
  4. 11. a mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream
  5. 12. Frost weathering is a collective term for several mechanical weathering processes induced by stresses created by the freezing of water into ice.
  6. 15. Collision between rock surfaces can cause mechanical weathering.
  7. 16. the mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces that is caused by natural processes and that doesn’t change the chemical composition of the rock material
  8. 18. a chemical reaction in which a material combines with oxygen to form new material (a form of chemical weathering)
  9. 19. the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
  10. 20. fan a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
  11. 21. a large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land
Down
  1. 1. the process in which material is laid down
  2. 2. the chemical breakdown and decomposition of rocks by natural processes in the environment
  3. 3. Continental glaciers are continuous masses of ice that are much larger than alpine glaciers.
  4. 4. a mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind
  5. 5. the natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rocks
  6. 8. a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier, typically as ridges at its edges or extremity.
  7. 10. the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
  8. 13. the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
  9. 14. Alpine glaciers begin high up in the mountains in bowl-shaped hollows called cirques. As the glacier grows, the ice slowly flows out of the cirque and into a valley.
  10. 17. the process by which rock is reduced in size by the scraping action of the other rocks driven by water, wind, and gravity