Weathering & Erosion

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