W...E...D... Crossword

When eroded material is dropped off or settles in a new location.
The movement of weathered material from one location to another.
Long grooves or scratches on a surface of a rock left behind from a moving glacier.
Having a series of tiny connected air spaces.
Rock material that forms when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.
When the outside of a rock is heated more rapidly than the inside causing it to crack and exfoliate or flake off.
The grinding away of rock material by wind, water, or ice.
When a body of water or glacier is removed from a rock formation causing the release of pressure.
An agent of chemical weathering caused by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) mixed with water vapor.
When this substance in the air combines with water and is responsible for forming many of the caves at Thacher Park.
When iron is mixed with this substance, it creates rust or iron oxide.
A mixture of weathered rock, decayed organic material, water and air and is used for plants to grow..
____________ dissolves minerals slowly and is the most important agent of chemical weathering.
____________ ____________ are agents of chemical weathering because they release a weak acid in their root tips.
The movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope.
Pieces of rock debris that fall and form at the base of a cliff.
Large mass of ice formed in cold regions from compacted snow that move across land slowly.
The movement of rock and soil down slope due to the influence of gravity
Rock that stands out enough in appearance that one can tell it apart from other rock layers.