External Forces Shaping the Earth

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Across
  1. 2. Steeper slopes are eroded much easier.
  2. 4. Sediments deposited after a river enters the ocean in a fan like landform.
  3. 6. Weathering A process that breaks rock into smaller pieces.
  4. 10. The changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers.
  5. 13. A large, long-lasting mass of ice that moves because of gravity.
  6. 14. Material The chemical composition of the original rock.
  7. 15. A hill or ridge that is formed by the left overs sediments of a glacier.
  8. 16. The amount of organic material in soil.
Down
  1. 1. This process occurs when weathered material is moved by the action of wind, water, ice, or gravity.
  2. 3. Very small pieces of rock product of weathering.
  3. 5. Physical and chemical processes that change the earths surface.
  4. 7. Plants, small animals, and ants.
  5. 8. This affects the type of soil there is in the area.
  6. 9. In order to produce soil it varies.
  7. 11. Weathering A process in which a new substance is formed from the combining of substances such as rock.
  8. 12. Wind blown silt and clay sediment that produce very fertile soil.