Weathering & Erosion

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Across
  1. 1. an area of shoreline that is made up of material deposited by waves and currents
  2. 4. rock that is formed when magma or lava cools and hardens to become solid
  3. 9. the process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces by physical changes
  4. 10. the gases that surround Earth
  5. 12. the amount of energy through Earth's system forms an energy ____________
  6. 14. mounds of wind-deposited sand
  7. 18. the process by which water, wind, ice and changes in temperature break down rock
  8. 20. ice _______ can cause rocks to physically break apart
  9. 21. rock composed of minerals formed from solutions or sediments from older rock
  10. 22. type of weathering when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock
  11. 25. the frozen water on Earth
  12. 26. rock formed when pressure or temperature change existing rock
  13. 29. an increase in ________________ gases can increase Earth's temperature over time
  14. 32. the sudden and rapid movement of a large amount of material downslope
  15. 35. these are fertile, flat areas that are formed when a stream floods and a layer of sediment is deposited
  16. 36. the process by which other chemicals combine with oxygen
Down
  1. 2. the process by which sediment is moved from one place to another
  2. 3. thick deposits of windblown, fine-grained sediment
  3. 5. the mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth
  4. 6. this is made up of living things
  5. 7. a large mass of moving ice that forms by compacting snow by natural forces
  6. 8. the water located within the rocks below
  7. 11. this is the source of the majority of Earth's energy
  8. 13. the sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations
  9. 15. an underwater or exposed ridge of sand, gravel, or shell material
  10. 16. the breaking down and wearing away of rock material by the mechanical action of other rock
  11. 17. this is known as molten rock
  12. 19. the part of the Earth that is liquid water
  13. 23. the process by which the outer layers of rock slowly peel away due to pressure changes
  14. 24. the process by which sediment comes to rest
  15. 27. the place where land and a body of water meet
  16. 28. a rapid movement of a large mass of mud
  17. 30. the slow movement of material downslope
  18. 31. this gas makes up the majority of the atmosphere
  19. 33. the rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations
  20. 34. the major agent of erosion that shapes our land surface