Science Vocab
Across
- 4. The action of placing something in a specified place.
- 6. Breaks down and decomposes rocks in a chemical process by weakening the rock over time
- 7. A small flowerless green plant that lacks true roots, growing in damp habitats and reproducing by means of spores released from stalked capsules
- 8. Can build up in layers on Earth’s surface to form rock formations, sand dunes, and other features.
- 9. The process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere
- 10. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
Down
- 1. The process of scraping or wearing something away.
- 2. The breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces; creates physical changes
- 3. Occurs when the eroded materials are dropped, or laid down.
- 5. The process of weathered materials being moved away from their original area