Unit 3 Review - Weathering & Erosion

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Across
  1. 2. environment created by flooding and is like a swamp without trees
  2. 3. erosion that occurs when gravity pulls rocks down a slope
  3. 7. organic materials found in soil
  4. 8. weathered rocks minerals water air and organic materials
  5. 10. environment created when sediment is deposited at the mouth of a river
  6. 12. chemical weathering caused by oxygen reacting with metal
  7. 13. type of weathering where a chemical reaction creates something new
  8. 16. agent of chemical weather caused by air pollution
  9. 18. environment created by deposition from waves
Down
  1. 1. what happens to soft rock when acidic groundwater touches it
  2. 4. weathering & erosion created when rocks, sand, or sediment hit each other due to wind, water, or gravity
  3. 5. type of weathering where rocks are physically broken
  4. 6. size of rocks that weather quickly
  5. 8. what occurs when the roof of a cave collapses
  6. 9. water freezes in the cracks of rocks
  7. 11. the upper layer of soil that contains the most humus
  8. 14. the movement of weathered rock from one location to another
  9. 15. the lower layer of soil with the least weathered rock
  10. 17. landform created by chemical weathering dissolving rock