Across
- 2. Water that flows over Earth's surface
- 6. Occurs when chemical composition of rock changes
- 8. don't have distinct layers or bands
- 10. When gravity alone causes rock or sediment to move down a slope
- 12. Erosion of the land by wind
- 13. melted rock materials cools on Earth's surface
- 14. The wearing away and removal of rock or sediment
- 16. The process in which sediments move slowly downhill
- 17. Have visible layers or elongated grains of minerals
- 18. Form when melted rock materials from insides the Earth
Down
- 1. A form of erosion that can make pits in rocks and produce smooth, polished surfaces.
- 3. A mixture of weathered rock, organic matter, water, and air that supports the growth of plant life
- 4. Sediment can collect in layers to form rocks
- 5. Mechanical or chemical surface process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces
- 7. new rocks that form when existing rocks are heated or squeezed but not melted
- 9. usually made of two or more minerals
- 11. Occurs when a mass of rock or sediment moves downhill, leaving a curved scar
- 15. Surface feature of an area influence the types of soil that develop.
- 18. the melt cools below Earth's surface