Summer 2024 - Physical Geology (GEOL101) - Exam 6 (Glaciers+Deserts) Review Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. One of the two types of glacial movement, occasional movement (2 words)
  2. 5. Dunes where ridges form perpendicular to wind direction
  3. 10. HIGHER or LOWER latitudes are where deserts are more common (pick one)
  4. 12. A Milankovitch Cycle, the change in the orientation of Earth’s axis, every 26,000 years
  5. 14. Desert erosional feature formed by abrasion
  6. 15. A bowl-shaped feature formed by glacial erosion
  7. 16. Granular snow that is converted to glacial ice
  8. 17. Features that cover 10% of Earth’s land surface
  9. 19. In deserts, yearly evaporation is MORE or LESS than precipitation (pick one)
  10. 20. Another name for axial tilt, a Milankovitch Cycle of every 11,000 years
  11. 21. The dominant weathering process in deserts
  12. 22. Crescent dune with tips pointing downwind
  13. 23. Dominant driver of erosion in deserts
  14. 24. Features that cover 30% of Earth’s land surface
Down
  1. 1. Piles of rubble left along the edges or terminus of a glacier
  2. 2. Dunes where ridges form parallel to wind direction
  3. 4. Crescent dune with tips pointing upwind
  4. 6. The Milankovitch Cycle affecting Earth's orbit, occurs every 100,000 years
  5. 7. The number of meters thick a glacier must be for plastic flow to begin
  6. 8. Type of soil found in desert environments
  7. 9. The only continent on present-day Earth without glaciers
  8. 11. Desert erosional feature formed by deflation (2 words)
  9. 13. Tall, towering desert erosional feature with caprock that is resistant to erosion
  10. 18. Fertile windblown deposit, made up of silt and clay