Forming The Earth's Surface: Constructive Processes Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 16 clues. Answers range from 4 to 10 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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Is the dropping, or releasing, of sediments that have been moved from one place to another.
Earth's rocky outer layer
Surface features of continental crust are often called?
Are the tallest of Earth's landforms.
Are smaller than mountains.
Mountain ____ are long, narrow regions of low land between ranges of mountains or hills.
Are deep valleys with steep sides. Often a river or stream runs along the bottom of these.
Are high landforms with fairly flat surfaces. Found along the tops of canyons
Coastal _____ are low-lying areas that slope gently from the mainland toward the shore.
May be rocky, pebbly, or sandy_ or a combination of all three. Found at shorelines, where dry land meets the ocean. They are flat landforms along an ocean or large lake.
Are huge, steep-sided mountains rising from the ocean floor. Occur mainly on the deep ocean floor. May rise thousands of meters above the ocean floor.
Is a low plain that forms where a river enters an ocean.
Alluvial ___ is a fan-shaped land mass that forms after a river rushes down a steep slope, then slows over a flat plain.
Thick layer of Earth's structure just below Earth's crust.
Melted rock below Earth's surface
In high mountains, glaciers can carve out bowl-shaped hollows called?

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