Weathering, Erosion, Glaciation
Across
- 5. When this type of weathering uses hot air to make rocks expand, and cold air to make rocks contract,this is called ___?
- 6. This temperature causes snow to fall.
- 10. The largest ice field in the western cordillera.
- 12. This type of glacier is basically frozen rivers of ice that slide down mountains.
- 13. This is a vortex of spinning, violent air that swoops up land and houses in its path.
- 14. Tectonic plates grind against each other, This is called ___?
- 16. When rainwater falls on the surface of the rocks, this can react with the minerals contained with the rocks.
- 18. This kind of natural disaster occurs when the tectonic plates shift. It starts off with an earthquake, then moves to something bigger...
- 19. This type of weathering happens when living organisms such as trees and animals physically alter the structure of the earth
Down
- 1. This disaster has really fast winds as well as thunder, lightning and rain.
- 2. This is a giant solid form of water that floats in the water due to its own weight and gravity.
- 3. Period of time when the earth was covered in ice.
- 4. This liquid element causes erosion by pulling soil out of the ground, making the land lose its nutrients.
- 7. Lakes in Canada that are the result of glaciers advancing and retreating over a thousand years.
- 8. When there's water rising up from the ground, this is called a ___?
- 9. A location where there are lots of glaciers and ice.
- 11. This temperature makes you sweat and makes water boil.
- 15. Atmospheric water vapor is frozen into ice crystals and falls in white flakes.
- 17. What kind of erosion transports small particles and dust through the air?