Weathering Crossword
Across
- 4. what is it called when holes erode in a cliff?
- 5. about how many agents are there in the process of weathering?
- 6. what is it called when cracks in a sidewalk can grow tiny bits of grass?
- 7. what is it called when a stream carries materials?
- 9. what is it called when the roof of a cave collapses?
- 12. what is it called when strong acids fall to Earth?
- 14. what is an area of shoreline that is made up of material deposited by wave and currents?
- 16. what type of weathering is caused by the process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces?
- 20. what is it called when a sea cave erodes even further?
- 21. what place is where land and a body of water meet?
- 23. what is the red color of much of the soil in the southeastern United States?
- 25. what grows on rocks and produces weak acids that can weather the rocks surface?
- 26. what is the process by which the outer layers of rock slowly peel away due to pressure changes?
- 27. what can be caused by pressure change?
- 29. what is it the cut-off meander forms a crescent shaped lake called?
- 31. what is it called when the top of a sea arch collapses?
- 33. what is an underwater exposed ridge of sand, gravel, or shell material?
- 36. what is the breaking down of rock material by the mechanical action of other rocks?
- 37. what is the process by which other chemicals combine with oxygen?
- 39. what are curves and bends that form a twisting pattern in a stream channel?
Down
- 1. what is the breakdown of rock material?
- 2. what type of weathering is caused by the breakdown of rocks by chemical reactions?
- 3. what is it called when many layers of deposited sediment can form this kind of area?
- 4. what is tiny grains of broken-down rock?
- 5. what is it called when a rise in temperature causes a rock to expand?
- 8. what is the process by which eroded material is dropped?
- 9. what is formed when waves erode and undercut rock to make steep slopes?
- 10. what thing digs burrows into the ground, allowing more rocks to be exposed?
- 11. what is it called when water travels almost parallel to the shoreline very near shore?
- 13. what causes cracks in rocks to expand as water seeps in and freezes?
- 15. what is a long, narrow island ,usually made of sand?
- 17. what is it called when a sea cliff erodes above the waterline and a bench of rock usually remains beneath the water at the cliff’s base?
- 18. what is deposited by dripping water from the bottom of a cave?
- 19. what is the process by which sediment and other materials are moved from one place to another?
- 22. what is the amount of water that a stream carries in a given amount of time called?
- 24. what is it called when a fan-shaped deposit that forms on dry land?
- 28. what is deposited by dripping water from the ceiling of a cave?
- 30. what thing digs burrows into the ground, allowing more rock to be exposed?
- 32. what is the path that a stream follows?
- 34. how many different types of weathering is there?
- 35. what is one name of the three agents of physical weathering that can cause abrasion?
- 38. what is it called when streams deposit their loads in a fan-shaped pattern?