Across
- 3. Physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces without changing their composition.
- 5. The bending, breaking, or tilting of Earth’s crust caused by stress and plate motion.
- 6. Mechanical weathering where water freezes in rock cracks, expands, and breaks the rock apart.
- 7. A map that uses contour lines to show elevation and the shape of the land.
- 10. When glaciers pick up and carry rocks frozen into their ice as they move.
- 12. The process where sediments carried by wind, water, or ice settle and build new land.
- 13. A fault caused by compression where the hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
- 14. A valley carved by a glacier with steep sides and a flat bottom.
- 15. A stress force that squeezes rocks together, often causing folding or reverse faulting.
- 17. The scraping and wearing down of rocks by particles carried by wind, water, or ice.
- 19. A mountain formed when sections of crust move up or down along a fault.
- 22. A fault caused by tension where the hanging wall moves downward compared to the footwall.
- 23. A stress force that pulls rocks apart, causing them to stretch and thin.
- 24. The process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces by wind, water, ice, or chemical reactions.
- 26. A process that breaks down or removes parts of Earth’s surface (weathering, erosion, earthquakes).
- 27. The movement of sediment or soil from one place to another by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
- 28. A large, slow-moving mass of ice that erodes and deposits rock as it flows downhill.
Down
- 1. The block of rock above a fault plane that moves relative to the footwall.
- 2. A landform created when sediments are deposited, such as a delta, dune, or alluvial fan.
- 4. Breaking down of rocks through chemical reactions that change their mineral makeup.
- 8. Ridges of sediment left behind by a moving glacier.
- 9. A fault where rocks move horizontally past each other because of shearing.
- 11. The downhill movement of rock and soil due to gravity, such as landslides or mudflows.
- 16. A stress force that pushes rocks in opposite directions, causing them to slide past one another.
- 18. A natural process that builds up Earth’s surface, forming new landforms like mountains or deltas.
- 20. A break or crack in Earth’s crust where movement happens because of stress.
- 21. The block of rock located below a fault plane.
- 25. Rain that contains dissolved acids that chemically weather rock and metal surfaces.