Science Extra Credit Chapter 6
Across
- 2. A mound or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier
- 5. A large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water
- 6. A crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay
- 8. The rapid downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders
- 11. Layered sediment deposited by streams of water that flow from a melting glacier
- 12. A broad, C shaped curve in a stream
- 14. The grinding away of rock or other surfaces as particles carried by wind, water, or ice scrape against them
Down
- 1. A current that flows parallel to the shoreline
- 3. The layering down or settling of eroded material
- 4. The downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull of gravity
- 7. A pile of angular rocks and sediment from a rockfall
- 9. A pile of windblown sand
- 10. A large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across earth's surface
- 13. The removal of weathered material from one location to another