weathering and erosion

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Across
  1. 4. water from precipitation that flows over the land
  2. 5. the path that a stream follows
  3. 6. a flat area along a river formed by sediments deposited when a river overflows
  4. 10. the wearing down of rock surfaces by other rocks or sand particles
  5. 11. the mechanical weathering process in which water in the cracks of rocks freezes and expands, widening the cracks
  6. 13. the breaking down of rocks by chemical processes
  7. 14. a loose layer of rock and soil
  8. 16. a mushroom-shaped rock formed by the erosion of the rock's base
  9. 18. the downhill movement of rocks and soil caused by gravity
  10. 20. unsorted rocks and sediments left behind when a glacier melts
  11. 22. a narrow ditch cut in the earth by runoff
  12. 24. a chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen
  13. 25. the breaking down of a substance by a chemical reaction with water
  14. 26. a piece of till that is not native to the place where it was deposited
Down
  1. 1. the rapid downhill movement of a large mass of mud and debris
  2. 2. an accumulated deposit of till
  3. 3. the breaking down of rocks by physical processes
  4. 7. the general term for any sediment deposited by a glacier
  5. 8. a soil depression scooped out by the wind
  6. 9. the process in which carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or soil dissolves in water to form carbonic acid
  7. 12. the movement of wet soil down a slop
  8. 15. a large mass of moving ice that forms on land and remains from year to year
  9. 17. a long, tear-shaped mound of till
  10. 19. the surface features of a place or region
  11. 21. the extremely slow downhill slide of soil
  12. 23. the rapid downhill movement of a large amount of rock and soil