Weathering Crossword

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