Physical Geology (GEOL101) - Exam 5 Review Crossword
Across
- 3. Dunes where ridges form parallel to wind direction
- 4. A region extending from low tide line up to the upper limit affected by storm waves
- 6. Wave-resistant structure composed of organisms
- 7. Desert erosional feature formed by deflation (2 words)
- 10. Crescent dune with tips pointing upwind
- 11. Tall, towering desert erosional feature with caprock that is resistant to erosion
- 12. Desert erosional feature formed by abrasion
- 15. Zone through which sunlight does not penetrate
- 17. Another name for axial tilt, a Milankovitch Cycle of every 11,000 years
- 20. Dominant driver of erosion in deserts
- 21. The only continent on present-day Earth without glaciers
- 23. Coastal process driven by wind moving over ocean water
- 24. The dominant weathering process in deserts
- 25. Coast along which sea level rises or land sinks
- 30. Features that cover 30% of Earth’s land surface
- 32. HIGHER or LOWER latitudes are where deserts are more common (pick one)
- 33. Features that cover 10% of Earth’s land surface
- 34. Measure of dissolved solids in seawater
Down
- 1. Granular snow that is converted to glacial ice
- 2. In deserts, yearly evaporation is MORE or LESS than precipitation (pick one)
- 4. Crescent dune with tips pointing downwind
- 5. Deep-sea sediment composed mostly of shells of marine animals and plants
- 8. A Milankovitch Cycle, the change in the orientation of Earth’s axis, every 26,000 years
- 9. Spit or bar that closes a back bay off from the ocean
- 13. The number of meters thick a glacier must be for plastic flow to begin
- 14. Spit that connects an island to the mainland
- 16. Zone of ocean water where photosynthesis can occur
- 18. Dunes where ridges form perpendicular to wind direction
- 19. A bowl-shaped feature formed by glacial erosion
- 22. The Milankovitch Cycle affecting Earth's orbit, occurs every 100,000 years
- 26. One of the two types of glacial movement, occasional movement (2 words)
- 27. Fluctuation in sea level driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun
- 28. The slow circulation of ocean water from depth to the surface
- 29. Type of soil found in desert environments
- 31. Piles of rubble left along the edges or terminus of a glacier
- 32. Fertile windblown deposit, made up of silt and clay