Weathering and erosion Science

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Across
  1. 2. major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries
  2. 4. any process that happens on Earth, such as weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics
  3. 6. a group of interacting or interdependent elements forming a complex whole, as in all the factors or variables in an environment or all the variables that might affect a science experiment
  4. 9. the process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediment from one place to another
  5. 10. relating to the whole world
Down
  1. 1. features on the surface of Earth, such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, or rivers
  2. 3. the mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces and sometimes change the chemical composition
  3. 5. occurs when solid fragments of weathered rock are eroded (moved) and then dropped into a new place by wind, water, ice, and gravity
  4. 7. Earth material that is broken down by processes of weathering; can be eroded and deposited by the agents of water, wind, ice, and gravity
  5. 8. describing something so small that it can only be seen with a microscope