Weathering, Erosion, And Deposition Crossword

The mechanical and chemical processes that change objects on Earths surface over time.
When physical processes naturally break rocks into smaller pieces.
Changes the material that are part of a rock into new materials.
Combines the element oxygen with other elements or molecules.
When water into the cracks and freezes cause bigger cracks in the rock.
The grinding away the rock by friction.
Something growing in the cracks of the rocks crumbling it.
Living things that dig holes in the soil where water enters and cause weathering.
__________ is a mixture of weathered rock, rock fragments, decayed organic matter, water, and air.
________ _________ is the remains of something that was once alive.
These small holes and spaces are called _________.
_____________ is the process of changing once-living into dark-colored organic matter.
The starting soil is _______ ________.
The average weather of an area.
The laying down or settling eroded material.
The removal of weathered material from one location to another
All of the organisms that live in a region.
The shape and steepness of the landscape.
These small holes and spaces.
Are layers of soil formed from the movement of the products of weathering.
A broad, C-shaped curve in a stream.
A current that flows parallel to the shoreline.
A large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water.
A pile of windblown sand.
A crumbly,windblown deposit of silt and clay.
The downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull of the gravity.
The rapid downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders.
A pile of angular rocks and sediment from a rockfall.
A large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly.
A mixture of various sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier.
A mound or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier.
Layered sediment deposited by streams of water that flow from a melting glacier.