Investigation 1-2 Earth History
Across
- 2. on the rocks and driving them apart
- 4. the rock that forms Earth’s crust
- 7. a carbonate mineral with the chemical formula CaCO3
- 12. erosion the different rates at which layers of weathered earth materials are carried away by water,
- 15. rocks that are smaller than gravel but bigger than silt
- 16. the settling of sediments
- 17. wedging when the roots of plants grow and search for minerals and water in rock fractures, exerting
- 19. a sedimentary rock made mostly of calcite
- 22. a sedimentary rock made of clay or silt
- 23. wedging the process of water freezing in the cracks of rocks and breaking them apart
- 24. a process by which particles are separated out from water, wind, or ice by size, shape, or density
Down
- 1. weathering the process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging
- 3. material that is deposited by water, wind, or ice
- 4. a low-lying area where water may accumulate
- 5. the process of matching up rock layers from different locations
- 6. particles that are smooth or slick; smaller than sand and silt, it is difficult to see just one
- 8. a thickness or bed of weathered rock material
- 9. weathering the process by which rocks are weathered due to reactions with substances in water and
- 10. the carrying away of weathered earth materials by water, wind, or ice
- 11. or ice
- 13. a natural feature of Earth’s surface with a characteristic shape
- 14. the grinding and bumping of rocks that cause physical weathering
- 18. the process by which larger rocks crack and break apart over time to form smaller rocks
- 20. rocks that are smaller than sand but bigger than clay
- 21. a sedimentary rock made of sand particles stuck together