Weathering & Erosion Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. the dropping of eroded sediment.
  2. 10. a hard sedimentary rock, used as building material and in the making of cement.
  3. 12. the breaking apart of rocks without changing their mineral composition.
  4. 15. the breaking down of rocks on Earth's surface.
  5. 16. the wearing away and moving of weathered rock and soil.
  6. 17. a ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier.
  7. 18. the layer of soil directly below the topsoil.
Down
  1. 1. a mixture of tiny pieces of weathered rock in the remains of plants and animals.
  2. 2. rocks that have gone through the process of weathering, where they are weakened and broken down.
  3. 4. process in which minerals combine with oxygen to form new substances.
  4. 5. soil and rock fragments.
  5. 6. an iron oxide, usually reddish-brown, formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen
  6. 7. the hard, solid rock beneath surface materials such as soil and gravel.
  7. 8. the breaking apart of rocks caused by a change in their chemical makeup.
  8. 9. fan-shaped area of land formed when sediment is deposited where a river empties into a lake or an ocean.
  9. 11. fan-shaped area of land deposited where a mountain stream moves on to flat land.
  10. 13. the top layer of soil, rich with remains of plants and animals.
  11. 14. a huge moving body of ice on land.