weathering and erosion
Across
- 3. chemical reaction of water with other substances
- 5. final stage of the erosional process
- 7. moving mass of ice
- 10. thick, windblown, fertile deposits of silt
- 11. rock shaped by wind-blown sediments
- 14. slow and steady downhill movement of loose materials
- 16. wind-blown sand scraping against rocks and wearing them away
- 17. rapid downhill movement of loose soil and rocks
- 19. lowering of land surface caused by wind erosion of loose soil
Down
- 1. repeated freezing and thawing in the cracks of rocks causing splitting (2 words)
- 2. deep depression scooped out by a valley glacier
- 4. destruction fast flowing mixture of water and soil
- 6. loose covering of weathered rock and organic material
- 8. snowy landslide on a mountain side
- 9. movement of weathered materials
- 12. outer rock layers are stripped away leaving dome-shaped formations
- 13. winding ridge of layered sediment deposited under a melting glacier
- 15. pile of windblown sand
- 18. distinct layer within a soil profile (2 words)