Physical Geology (GEOL101) - Exam 5 Review Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Dunes where ridges form parallel to wind direction
  2. 4. A region extending from low tide line up to the upper limit affected by storm waves
  3. 6. Wave-resistant structure composed of organisms
  4. 7. Desert erosional feature formed by deflation (2 words)
  5. 10. Crescent dune with tips pointing upwind
  6. 11. Tall, towering desert erosional feature with caprock that is resistant to erosion
  7. 12. Desert erosional feature formed by abrasion
  8. 15. Zone through which sunlight does not penetrate
  9. 17. Another name for axial tilt, a Milankovitch Cycle of every 11,000 years
  10. 20. Dominant driver of erosion in deserts
  11. 21. The only continent on present-day Earth without glaciers
  12. 23. Coastal process driven by wind moving over ocean water
  13. 24. The dominant weathering process in deserts
  14. 25. Coast along which sea level rises or land sinks
  15. 30. Features that cover 30% of Earth’s land surface
  16. 32. HIGHER or LOWER latitudes are where deserts are more common (pick one)
  17. 33. Features that cover 10% of Earth’s land surface
  18. 34. Measure of dissolved solids in seawater
Down
  1. 1. Granular snow that is converted to glacial ice
  2. 2. In deserts, yearly evaporation is MORE or LESS than precipitation (pick one)
  3. 4. Crescent dune with tips pointing downwind
  4. 5. Deep-sea sediment composed mostly of shells of marine animals and plants
  5. 8. A Milankovitch Cycle, the change in the orientation of Earth’s axis, every 26,000 years
  6. 9. Spit or bar that closes a back bay off from the ocean
  7. 13. The number of meters thick a glacier must be for plastic flow to begin
  8. 14. Spit that connects an island to the mainland
  9. 16. Zone of ocean water where photosynthesis can occur
  10. 18. Dunes where ridges form perpendicular to wind direction
  11. 19. A bowl-shaped feature formed by glacial erosion
  12. 22. The Milankovitch Cycle affecting Earth's orbit, occurs every 100,000 years
  13. 26. One of the two types of glacial movement, occasional movement (2 words)
  14. 27. Fluctuation in sea level driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun
  15. 28. The slow circulation of ocean water from depth to the surface
  16. 29. Type of soil found in desert environments
  17. 31. Piles of rubble left along the edges or terminus of a glacier
  18. 32. Fertile windblown deposit, made up of silt and clay