earth's vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a landform created where sediment carried by a river is deposited when the river enters slower-moving water
  2. 5. from Greek lithos- meaning “stone” and Greek spharia meaning “sphere”
  3. 6. naturally occurring, inorganic solids that have crystal structures and definite chemical compositions
  4. 8. The physical and chemical processes that change objects on Earth's surface over time
  5. 11. When molten rock on or below Earth's surface cools, it begins to crystallize
  6. 12. to change from a liquid into a solid with an orderly, repeating pattern
  7. 13. to lay down or allow to fall through a natural process
  8. 14. from Greek meta, meaning “trans-”; and Greek morphe
Down
  1. 1. large ice sheet covered much of these continents
  2. 3. rock material that has been broken down
  3. 4. the process by which minerals dissolved in surrounding water crystallize
  4. 7. rock: Igneous rock that forms as magma cools underground
  5. 9. he moving of weathered material from one location to another
  6. 10. the laying down or settling of eroded material